watch-case

Swallow-bill closes, a smart snap, shutting of a watch-case.

Excerpt: Timothy by Verlyn Klinkenborg 2006

On Friday, the group said it had acquired watch-case manufacturer Donzé-Baume SA for an undisclosed sum.

Richemont Sales 2007

“Well — name of Savage, Eleanor; live in big old house mile down road; nearest living relation to be notified, grandfather — Ramilly Savage; height, five feet four inches; number on watch-case, 3077 W; nose, delicate aquiline; temperament, uncanny — —”

This Side of Paradise 2003

Inside the gold watch-case his arms had been wrought in enamel.

Father Goriot 2003

It is very annoying, for I do not see how I am to shave, unless in my watch-case or the bottom of the shaving pot, which is fortunately of metal.

Dracula 2003

That having been said, either of these allegations, whether it had to do with Anne Marie or with the watch-case woman, they are both dry holes.

CNN Transcript Aug 1, 2001 2001

On the Joleen woman, I think that, the watch-case woman, I think that she's interesting and the prosecutors will want to know about her, because there has to have been some reason why he wanted to hide her.

CNN Transcript Aug 1, 2001 2001

Harry's restlessness, of his impatience; and as the last company swung barrackward, and the cloud began to settle over the empty field, he snapped his watch-case smartly, and remarked, "Still no major."

The Coast of Chance Esther Chamberlain

It was contrived from an old cheap watch-case, while the strange contents were merely strips of paper which had been soaked in a solution of potassium bichromate!

Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Then, without a word he held out the watch and chain to his friend, and lifted the fingers which had fumbled with the watch-case to his lead-coloured lips.

Mrs. Day's Daughters Mary E. Mann