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Show Watches of Olden Days. Thero is uncertainty as to when tho portable watch, ns wo understand It to-day, cotio into use. It was probably prob-ably nt the "lose of tho sixteenth century. cen-tury. Queen Elizabeth owned a lari;o number ot Matches. Mary Queen of Scots was tho possessor of a skull-shaped skull-shaped watch. In fact, tho "death's head" ratlern was at that time much In vogue KnCIoss were the styles, for thero wcro watches shaped like Uooka. pearr. butterflies and tulips. Tho Ktircmberg ege was a special shape, nnd was first made In 1G00. |