I'm the "ow" in the word "now". . . *ominously* and if you tell anyone. . .!

[mellymell]

So, 2 of 10 is done. I changed my mind about 4 times during the creation of this one. I wasn't sure how I was going to go about it until I got into it. I decided to go with about a 6" beaded strand that connected to about a 5" piece of the small sterling silver chain I got (decided to use it after all), and finish it off with three beaded links and the clasp that came with the watch face. But then having the full length of chain looked akward, so I decided to put another beaded segment in the middle of it to help break it up a bit.

The clasp latches onto the last section of chain so that it creates a loop. Basically, thread it through a belt loop, hook the latch onto the chain and let it slide up to the last beaded link, making it fairly adjustable. The entire thing isn't too bulky to go in a pocket and yet is about 13"-14" long (so the older men on my list can bring it closer to actually read the face). It's kind of hard to describe, I'll have to see if I can get some pics of wearing it to better illustrate.

I like how it turned out. Chris likes it, too. He asked if I had an extra one, heh. The rest of the pocket watches will be similar in design, but using very different combinations of stones.

Other pics are here.


Number 3 of 10 is halfway done. I just decided to take a break to rest my hands a bit and thought I'd post this one. After #3 is done, I'll have all of the ones that will need to be shipped out of the way.

Comments

they are lookin' good!

[manzo.livejournal.com]

i like how you have the beads breaking up the chain on this one.

Re: they are lookin' good!

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I didn't like the look of just chain, too plain and kind of off balance with the rest of it. But I thought a solid beaded chain would be too bulky to comfortably slip into a pocket. Good compromise I guess.