Would anyone like to have these small aluminum boxes w/ clear plastic lids & tiny glass tubes?

These pieces came out of the watchmaker's workroom I bought some years. I unearthed them during the on-going urban renewal of the garage.

There are 38 of the small boxes & they measure 7/8" by 7/8" & are 5/8" to the top. They also need some cleaning as just about all of them have a tiny paper label or two on the lid. They had also been sitting in a small open container on top of a box of "stuff" for about 7 years now.

The tubes measure 1 7/16" top to bottom by 1/2" across, 1 3/8" by 1/2", 1 1/4" by 5/16" & 1" by 1/4". I think there are corks to fit all of the tubes, but I can't be sure. They also need to be washed as they were in the same container mentioned above.

I am assuming they originally were used to ship watch parts to him & he repurposed them to do the same. I dumped out literally hundreds of metal boxes & plastic containers into various sizes of Ziploc style bags. When I was done I had 2 paper ream boxes filled with the bags. When I was listing the stuff I would reach into the box & grab a handful of bags which would constitute a lot. I very honestly told the buyers I really had no idea what was in all of the bags but told them they would get everything shown.

If more than one person puts their name in the hat I will draw names next Tuesday night.

The box is going to weigh about 13 ounces so it can go first class.

 

I've a lifelong weakness for tiny boxes and tubes - please count me in, Peggy...

~Cheryl

 

I'm in... for all the right reasons............please.

 

You're in the mix @DragonflyWink & @komokwa.

 

at least I'm in good company !!! -------

 

Ha...even more good company.....but my odds are taking a hit !!

Ah, well...........such is life !!

 

The count is up to 3 now & @Bookahtoo is in the mix.

I should have said that you will have to let me know what you use them for when you get them. I am not sure why I hung onto these pieces. I sold, gave away & recycled hundreds of boxes & containers.

 

They're too bitty for me to reuse, so I'll let the others fight it out.(LOL)

 

I forgot to choose the names last night.

I am also too computer illiterate to post an image of the little spinning wheel.

However, congratulations @Bookahtoo they are all yours now.

I will contact you through PM to work out the details.

 

Congratulations, @Bookahtoo !

 

Yay ! for Book !!!!!!!!

( I was going to regift them to my watchmaker.....)

 

@Bookahtoo - So Book, what are you going to do with them?

 

I wanna know, too!

 

The thread was started in 2020.

 

I'd have loose beads in them. But it could be that they were cool looking and people wanted something cool and old on a random shelf. They'd be interesting photo frames too for school pictures and the like.