Skull-watch of Mary Queen of Scots

Posted by Cory Doctorow, October 24, 2007 10:43 PM | permalink

Watchismo has a nice little feature on Mary Queen of Scots' skull-shaped silver watch:

Not long before Mary Queen of Scots had her own head chopped off, she had this bone chilling silver skull watch made. The case is opened by dropping the under jaw, which turns upon a hinge, while the watchworks occupy the place of the brain.

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#1 posted by strider_mt2k

, October 25, 2007 3:14 AM

Next time you're wondering what to give The Reaper this holiday season...

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#2 posted by mellowknees

, October 25, 2007 8:29 AM

Wow...Mary Queen of Scots was the original Goth Chick. Who knew?

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#3 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

, October 25, 2007 10:30 AM

Not Goth. Ars moriendi.

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#4 posted by Doomstalk , October 25, 2007 10:32 AM

Now that's a memento mori if I've ever seen one.

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#5 posted by strider_mt2k

, October 25, 2007 10:44 AM

What's this about the Maori memo?

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#6 posted by Zuhaib

, October 25, 2007 11:09 AM

If she would have just employed people as skilled to make this watch in coming up with a proper cypher she might not have lost hear heard.

Really tho she had a "disturbing" past, so a gift like this would make sense.

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#7 posted by The Unusual Suspect , October 25, 2007 11:40 AM

Here's your Moment of Morey (Amstersdam):

It's easy to grin / When your ship comes in / And your life is a happy lot, / But the man who's worthwhile / Is the man who can smile / When his shorts creep up in a knot.

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#8 posted by DynomiteGirl , October 26, 2007 1:06 PM

Thanks, but I had my moment of Morey on Tuesday, as always.