Watch Box

Premise:

​Two years have gone by since I started collecting watches, and then I bought a bunch of accessories. Soon after, I had a couple of watches laid out across my room; It was time something needed to be done.

Watches shown (top right to bottom left): Dan Henry 1939, Orient Polaris GMT, Timex Intelligent Quartz Flyback Chronograph, GT&FQ Rider M002, U.S. Polo Assn. US8609, Casio A158W (on wrist).

Construction:

The box was designed with design cues taken from a study of watch box offerings on Amazon and Ebay. The material is a regular cardboard box purchased at Home Depot. The build uses a single sheet as the base of the box. Furthermore, it uses four walls superglued to the sides of the base rather than on top of the base. After that, two inserts were laid and superglued near the center of the box to create a space 2" wide in the center of the box to act as an accessory tray. Then two smaller inserts were placed in both the top and bottom rows of the box to create the individual slots for each watch. Afterwards, a cover was created from a second sheet of cardboard matching the dimensions of the base, and a cutout was made in the center to create a window out of clear shipping tape to see the watches when the box was closed. Finally, the cover/window was superglue to hinges made from pre-bent cardboard strips. This allows it to open and close much like a box with metal hinges will do after the remaining portion of the hinges were fastening to the main box with superglue.

Criticism:

Two main criticisms are found with this box. First, the dimensions of each individual slot for the box could be smaller. The watches currently do move when the box is lifted and tiled. Second, the window made from clear shipping tape does stick to itself and affects the clarity of the window. A different material such as Plexiglas or saran wrap would mitigate this issue.