Watch Papers
These were circular pieces of paper, silk, velvet, or muslin, placed in the outer cases of the old watches, and were decorated with verses or devices; some of them were very elaborate specimens of scroll work, and had a miniature painted in the center, others merely bore verses. Later this same device was used by repairers as a means of placing a business card in the watch. Many old watches in various collections contain over a dozen of these cards, of repairers in whose hands the watch has been.