What Is This Thing?

[Ammar]

Hello everybody, 

I cam across this thing while browsing the wild web, the seller says it's a watchmaker's tool but there's no details about it other than what's written on it which is: ""CONSTANTINOPLE - PERN14 - NİKO"

Does anybody know what is this? is it really a watchmaker's tool?

 

[AndyGSi]

Looks to me like it's just a piece of wood with words on it.

Expect it would have been a tourist gift at the time so still probably best part of 100 years old.

[tomh207]

Hard to tell without seeing the black part in other views. I would suspect that Niko made this for a specific purpose to help in his work. To be fair it has given me an idea of making something similar for opening battery hatches. Is the black part maybe the thickness of a common coin? If soo…

 

Tom

[AndyGSi]

35 minutes ago, tomh207 said:

Hard to tell without seeing the black part in other views. I would suspect that Niko made this for a specific purpose to help in his work. To be fair it has given me an idea of making something similar for opening battery hatches. Is the black part maybe the thickness of a common coin? If soo…

 

Tom

I think the black part is what looks like a ring box used to prop it up.

[mbwatch]

Tiny skateboard, incomplete missing wheels. Parts or repair.

[Nucejoe]

 A wooden stamp, those departing constatinople got stamped on the wrist with this , for free re-entery , or vice versa.  

 

[oldhippy]

It's a piece of wood that says Constantinople. It has to be from 1930 backwards because it was changed to Istanbul. You never know Constantine the Great might have made this back in 330.  

[RichardHarris123]

2 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

Constantine the Great might have made this back in 330.  

That's what they tell tourists!

[tomh207]

31 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

That's what they tell tourists!

Or eBay

[mbwatch]

2 hours ago, Nucejoe said:

those departing constatinople got stamped on the wrist

"Ǝ⅃ꟼOИITИATƧИOƆ"

[Nucejoe]

28 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

It's a piece of wood that says Constantinople. It has to be from 1930 backwards because it was changed to Istanbul. You never know Constantine the Great might have made this back in 330.  

Otomans kicked Constantine the great in the A... and renamed the city to Islambul , Islam + bul, where  bul means city in Turkish. Then some reason unknown to humans the name became Istanbul.

Just now, mbwatch said:

"Ǝ⅃ꟼOИITИATƧИOƆ"

Had noticed,  thats how it must  be engraved on a stamp. Rumor has it when constanty got kicked, Sh.t went the opposite  direction. 

 

[Ammar]

Well, I didn't think it was a tool but you never know, I'll ask the seller and see what they say.

[Waggy]

With all the round dimples in it, I think someone used it to beat something in place without damaging it (crown tube??). Probably just a handy bit of wood they came across and kept around for this purpose. Hopefully Bergeon don't spot this post, they will start selling them for $150.

[Ammar]

Guys guys, gues what's this!

It's a friggin watchmakers business card or some sort of an advert.

[Ammar]

3 hours ago, Ammar said:

Guys guys, gues what's this!

It's a friggin watchmakers business card or some sort of an advert.

A name plaque would describe it better.