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This is a metal drawer apparantly from a watch company called Hamilton Watch. From the auction I went to I got 5 drawers I believe but, alas, no cabinet.
The vials in this drawer are numbered from 1 through 140. Some of them have watch stems in them but most are empty. The paper label around ea. vial states HAMILTON, a crest of some sort, and the number of the vial. Unless I have overlooked something, all labels are intact, and all vials are present through 140. I do notice however, that vial #131 has the top of it's cork broken, otherwise all looks good. There are also 8 small plastic containers in this drawer, I am presuming for extra storage containers as those darn watch parts are so tiny, I'd have them all lost :+).
This is way cool for someone that collects watches, parts, vials or does mixed media, steampunk, altered art, etc. I have another drawer with vials numbered 141 through 280 in the same very good condition that I will auction here if this goes well! I cannot believe these vials are in such great shape and all there! These would make great wire wrapped pendants as I got some other vials from this auction and did just that! I did not want to compromise the order of these consecutively numbered vials in case they would be of real interest to someone. So, dear bidder, happy bidding :+).

Questions & Comments

A most remarkable find, and very interested. I love listia treasures... it is so fun to browse the "aisles"! GREAT AUCTION!!!!

Feb 15th, 2012 at 6:23:12 PM PST by

You are so right! I too love the aisles :+) . Thank you!

Feb 15th, 2012 at 7:10:44 PM PST by

f&w

Feb 17th, 2012 at 6:56:55 PM PST by

thank you. fanned

Feb 17th, 2012 at 8:25:20 PM PST by

~ Great Idea for an Auction ~ Thank you for listing ~ Will be sure to watch, fan and bid ~

Feb 22nd, 2012 at 7:22:07 AM PST by

exactly mistyann575! Perfect shipping!!
Awesome auction. Fanned an will keep my eyes on this. The possibilities are endless. Ive created vials of annointing oil and hung them on chains. Very neat thing to create from these. Good luck seller. You should do very well with this

Feb 21st, 2012 at 9:22:13 PM PST by

Thanks for your very kind words. I really appreciate all the positive comments I have received since I have been on listia. Fanned you and please keep watching!

Feb 22nd, 2012 at 5:31:40 AM PST by

what are the measurements of the drawer itself ?

Feb 21st, 2012 at 1:57:34 AM PST by

approx. 10 1/4" x 12 1/4"

Feb 21st, 2012 at 5:34:08 AM PST by

I wish all the soliciting were done by personal message, not here on this auction page for all of us to see. Thanks for offering this up to us on Listia. Hard to find this kind of item intact. Peace.

Feb 20th, 2012 at 8:26:32 AM PST by

Messaging would be better. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Happy to list this here.

Feb 20th, 2012 at 8:38:24 AM PST by

i also have cold hard cash

Feb 20th, 2012 at 8:04:52 AM PST by

i have tons of jewelry findings, beads, broken jewelry, etc. What types of watch stuff do you have and in what quantites? My email is ljones@cvctx.com

Feb 20th, 2012 at 8:04:19 AM PST by

For shipping, you put a bubble wrap on top of the glass and then something like stiff cardboard, to cover, tape all around, then put inside a box, so that it's "floating" with packing or air space all around it. I used to use balloons that I blew up a little, to make a cushion air space and they don't weigh anything at all. My daughter would love these, and I have plenty of sea glass, shells and tiny things to go inside, or maybe beads, or.....

Feb 20th, 2012 at 7:44:14 AM PST by

Thanks for the shipping info. I have gotten such good ideas for this and future reference! These vials will work perfectly for almost anything tiny. I cannot believe they are in such great shape. I have another drawer of vials that I might put on here :+) .

Feb 20th, 2012 at 8:11:36 AM PST by

do you get the drawer and all? F&W

Feb 20th, 2012 at 6:26:19 AM PST by

Yes! Thanks for watching. Fanned you

Feb 20th, 2012 at 7:34:38 AM PST by

are you interested in selling all your watch stuff?

Feb 20th, 2012 at 5:42:32 AM PST by

Actually I am going to trade some of it with a couple listians that have items that I use in my jewelry designing. I could be interested in doing that with you, depending on what you have to trade. If you are not interested in that, we could probably work something out. I always enjoy co,d, hard, cash lol :+) !

Feb 20th, 2012 at 7:47:08 AM PST by

lots and lots of bubblewrap....

Feb 18th, 2012 at 2:42:13 PM PST by

You are so right!

Feb 19th, 2012 at 1:52:14 AM PST by

so extra-cool.
watching for sure!

Feb 15th, 2012 at 1:32:00 PM PST by

Thanks....keep watching and bid if you are feelin' it :+) !

Feb 15th, 2012 at 3:31:06 PM PST by

fanned and watching

Feb 17th, 2012 at 4:16:39 AM PST by

thank you. fanned

Feb 17th, 2012 at 5:45:17 AM PST by

Yes! :-)
I'm a collector, I'm always looking for vintage pocket or wrist watches and stuff. (like your vials)

Feb 16th, 2012 at 11:45:07 PM PST by

Cool. These are awesome, especially being consecutively numbered. I have another drawer of these, trying to decide what to do with them! Thanks for looking.

Feb 17th, 2012 at 5:42:29 AM PST by

Can u show an up-close pic of one of the vials, please? I can't really tell what they look like in these pics. Thanks!

Feb 16th, 2012 at 5:30:39 PM PST by

I'll see what I can do.

Feb 16th, 2012 at 5:52:44 PM PST by

I will be the happiest girl ever if I win this lol. watching and fanned!

Feb 15th, 2012 at 7:51:59 PM PST by

lol. Well then let's make sure you get happy and bid! lol. thanks for watching and fanning. fanned you back. Good luck :+)

Feb 16th, 2012 at 5:14:59 AM PST by

This is neat! Maybe wrap the whole drawer in saran wrap first?

Feb 15th, 2012 at 7:28:47 PM PST by

OH! Good one. Thanks :+)

Feb 15th, 2012 at 7:33:46 PM PST by

Use those little plastic peanut things all around inside the box

Feb 15th, 2012 at 4:40:26 PM PST by

Hmmm, that might work. I'm so worried now. Guess I should have thought of this sooner.

Feb 15th, 2012 at 4:43:22 PM PST by

This would be great for my flower seeds...fanned and watching

Feb 15th, 2012 at 4:39:21 PM PST by

That's a good idea! Keep watching :+)

Feb 15th, 2012 at 4:42:10 PM PST by

Hi!
Got any more watch stuff? Just curiuous

Feb 15th, 2012 at 2:38:11 PM PST by

Oh heck yeah. Are you interested in movements or cases or what?

Feb 15th, 2012 at 3:29:43 PM PST by

Vintage Vials for Whatever! is in the Antiques category