hunting-watch

Many a gentleman foxhunter glanced at his hunting-watch as the minutes passed, many a burly farmer jerked his horse impatiently; while the grey-headed huntsman cracked his long whip amongst his canine favourites and promised them they should soon be on the scent.

The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 Various

He took out of his pocket the most respectable hunting-watch I ever saw, and preventing the spring with his thumb from opening far, looked in at the face as if he were consulting an oracular oyster, shut it up again, and said, if I pleased, it was half-past eight.

XXI. Little Em’ly 1917

He took out of his pocket the most respectable hunting-watch I ever saw, and preventing the spring with his thumb from opening far, looked in at the face as if he were consulting an oracular oyster, shut it up again, and said, if I pleased, it was half past eight.

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

He had one solitary hundred dollars -- no more; and half of that he had borrowed, and half of it he got from selling his shooting-traps and his hunting-watch.

The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897

He had one solitary hundred dollars -- no more; and half of that he had borrowed, and half of it he got from selling his shooting-traps and his hunting-watch.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

One night, while the flat gold hunting-watch ticked above his head in the little embroidered chamois-leather pouch dead hands had worked, Knowledge came to him with a sudden rigor of the muscles of the wasted body, and a bursting forth from every pore of the dank, dark-hued sweat of coming dissolution.

The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

He had one solitary hundred dollars -- no more; and half of that he had borrowed, and half of it he got from selling his shooting-traps and his hunting-watch.

The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

The regular breathing of the sleeper the ticking of a gold hunting-watch at the head of the bed, and the crackling of the burning logs, were the only sounds that broke the stillness.

Lady Audley's Secret 1875

He was up early the next morning; but, on descending to the sitting-room, he found his patron toasting his _Times_ before a cheerful fire; while his gold hunting-watch stood open on the breakfast-table, and

Birds of Prey 1875

"These things will keep him a few days," he thought, as he looked at his hunting-watch, and the priceless pearl in each of his wristband-studs.

Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873