I enjoyed browsing the Beijing Antique Market at Panjiayuan Street today. I made two great purchases, a knockoff watch and a copy of Sun Tsu's "Art of War" printed on a wooden scroll.
This is the closest approximation of the wooden scroll I bought: http://yeschinatour.com/china-guides/chinese-culture/art-of-war-sun-tzu/
I cannot find an pictorial approximation of the watch. The watch face and mechanism are enclosed in a glass orb and bound by a bronze band. A linked bronze chain is attached to the band on one end; at the other end is a small bell with four small linked chains instead of a bell. The glass has several scratches; a thumb print is visible on the inside of one of the glass hemispheres. To change the time, the hemisphere with the mechanism has to be removed. The face reads: "Woumei / Made in Swit-zerland 1882." Google in China has not shown me any evidence that this watch is real. It is probably fake. The Swiss watchmaker in Harvard Square will know for sure.
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