4090 – Fortune Telling Watch
- Physical description:
- A pocket watch ingeniously converted into a divination device. The face of the watch features a picture of a fortune teller with a red shawl over her head, as well as the various fortunes that might befall the user.
- Museum classification:
- Divination
- Information:
These watches were commercially made as a fortune telling toy in the 1950s. Pressing the button at the top of the watch makes the hand spin around the face; pressing the button again makes the hand stop, pointing to the person's fortune.
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Metal etc.
- Copyright ownership:
- MWM
These watches were commercially made as a fortune telling toy in the 1950s. Pressing the button at the top of the watch makes the hand spin around the face; pressing the button again makes the hand stop, pointing to the person's fortune.