Make yourself a secret hiding place! by Weissensteinburg
Have an old broken pocket watch? Have some secret note you need to hide? Do I sound like a commercial?

Here's how I took my 2 dollar pocket watch from china town, and made it into a special compartment.
 
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Jedi Ronin says: Oct 21, 2008. 9:49 AM
I just did this like, five minutes before I read this Instructable. That's Why I searched for Pocket Watch, to see if there was anything I could do with the case. Funny thing is...we used the same brand of watch. Mine's got a carving of a buck, on the front and I left the glass in (might make it into a picture frame or something). I also managed to salvage the clack and am formulating evil plots involving it as I type...
ErpDerpAHerp says: Jul 12, 2012. 4:39 AM
mine has an eagle
NetReaper says: Nov 6, 2009. 8:10 PM
Stupid crystal pocket watches. thats doing it wrong
corey_caffeine says: Aug 19, 2008. 6:08 PM
me thinks of steampunk
thewoodcarver says: Mar 15, 2007. 4:10 AM
Why not just add a new battery and use it as a watch ? there should be enough room in the back for a single bill with all the parts in it .... ah well the crystal and gears will make somethng good i am sure.
Weissensteinburg (author) says: Mar 15, 2007. 10:03 AM
My watch was broken, it wasn't just a dead battery. It didn't know how to tell time. And if yours is anything like mine, the white part holding the clock in place comes up to the brim, so nothing would fit in.
iman says: Feb 12, 2008. 7:50 PM
"My watch was broken, it wasn't just a dead battery. It didn't know how to tell time." LOL :) thats me, I made this a few years ago when I was bored only I put a pager motor and a watch battery in it .
thewoodcarver says: Mar 21, 2007. 10:36 PM
I just replaced the battery in mine and there was a white part like yours and you are right you cant get anything in there ,
brainwise says: Jan 30, 2008. 7:17 AM
This is great. I have at least two non-functioning pocket watches, so I might try this one.
Whaleman says: Sep 15, 2007. 9:10 PM
Cool! I am definitely gonna make this!
Weissensteinburg (author) says: Sep 15, 2007. 9:17 PM
Let me know how it comes out =]
Whaleman says: Sep 15, 2007. 11:21 PM
Here you go! I now have a PhoneClock, and a secret spot to put my papers, and it can only be accessed by removing the back panel!
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Weissensteinburg (author) says: Sep 15, 2007. 11:24 PM
wait - what's that on the left?
Whaleman says: Sep 16, 2007. 11:11 AM
That is my PhoneClock, I had a radio that came with a shirt and looked like a phone, so I gutted it and put the clock from my pocket watch into the radio and now I have a PhoneClock
Weissensteinburg (author) says: Sep 16, 2007. 11:16 AM
So it's a clock and a radio? Or is it really a phone? Or does it just look like a phone?
Whaleman says: Sep 16, 2007. 11:38 AM
It is a clock that used to be a radio that looked like a phone, but now it is a clock that looks like a phone. Sorry if that was confusing.
Weissensteinburg (author) says: Sep 16, 2007. 11:39 AM
Gotcha ;)
Whaleman says: Sep 16, 2007. 11:41 AM
Yay!
Whaleman says: Sep 15, 2007. 10:19 PM
if you don't glue the back on and you leave the lens in, you can take a picture of the clock, and leave it in the stop watch, that way, if some one happens to take a look inside your pocket watch, it looks normal at first glance.
Whaleman says: Sep 15, 2007. 10:05 PM
Ok, and here is an Idea, you could use it as a wallet, then if someone tries to rob you, you can have your money in your pocket watch, although they might steal that anyway, and it can't hold ATM cards...
Hurbuss says: Aug 22, 2007. 1:45 PM
cool i love it could do some evil things bwa ha ha
jakee117 says: Aug 18, 2007. 5:50 AM
but i have no idea what to put in...
Weissensteinburg (author) says: Aug 18, 2007. 1:26 PM
A dollar, what else?
jakee117 says: Aug 17, 2007. 2:44 PM
i just did dat it is a rly cool progect
Weissensteinburg (author) says: Aug 17, 2007. 6:46 PM
I'm glad you like it =]
asianwizard says: Jun 8, 2007. 10:52 PM
hide a rubber in there if you know what i mean
Weissensteinburg (author) says: Jun 8, 2007. 10:22 PM
Lol, that could work too.. "So, do you have protection?" "Yeah, hand me my pocket watch, will ya?"
Weissensteinburg (author) says: Mar 14, 2007. 10:36 PM
Let me know if you guys have any other ideas for it. Thanks.
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