by Ian Skellern
Attentive readers may have already noticed “Roland Iten” engraved on this prototype device, a name synonymous with mechanical luxuries for gentlemen.
But what on earth is this device for? It isn’t for holding windows open, I checked.
Please leave your fun, funny, or even serious suggestions in the comments below.
“As captain Brass wields his mighty peg leg over the bow he can’t help but contemplate his life as he adjusts his astrolabe, ‘Was that whore in Tortuga on to something . . . ?’ Perhaps this is what was meant by adjustable metal straps. Leathers be damned!” submitted by Jean Hadzi
Congratulations to Dave McKenna for his caption about a meteorite-cased watch that was as epic in its depth as in its breadth and covers more topics than The Sunday Times. Do not miss this and all of last week’s entries at A Kryptonite Watch? Caption Competition #31.
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It’s a prototype knee joint for the first Terminator and it looked quite realistic by the second movie.
Great answer. You got my vote.
Its a lovely strapp adjuster bucke.
New deployant clasp. Ratchet it to size.
New deployant clasp. Ratchet your strap to size
Belt buckle.
As captain Brass wields his mighty peg leg over the bow he can’t help but contemplate his life as he adjusts his astrolabe, “was that whore in Tortuga on to something…” Perhaps this is what was meant by adjustable metal straps. Leathers be damned!
Fantastic!!
Thank you 🙂
Congratulations Jean, you are this weeks well deserving winner. Thanks for the entertaining and imaginative caption. I’m looking forward to the film!
A 1000 year old egg timer.
Roland,
Please for the love of god make a deployment clasp for watches!!!! We’re counting on you!!
Sincerely, the whole world
You nailed it!
Someone finally built a tourbillon into a belt buckle
This is the long awaited Swiss wrist metronome. Perfect for every young musician.