The Maltese Falcon (1930)

Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled detective novel follows Sam Spade through a San Francisco case built around deception, murder, and a coveted black bird. (Open Library)

Watches

Longines watch: Among Cairo's possessions, Spade finds a platinum Longines watch on a platinum and red gold chain.

Source text: Besides the wallet and its contents there were three gaily colored silk handkerchiefs fragrant of chypre; a platinum Longines watch on a platinum and red gold chain, attached at the other end to a small pear-shaped pendant of some white metal; a handful of United States, British, French, and Chinese coins; a ring holding half a dozen keys; a silver and onyx fountain-pen; a metal comb in a leatherette case; a nail-file in a leatherette case; a small street-guide to San Francisco; a Southern Pacific baggage-check; a half-filled package of violet pastilles; a Shanghai insurance-broker’s business-card; and four sheets of Hotel Belvedere writing paper, on one of which was written in small precise letters Samuel Spade’s name and the addresses of his office and his apartment. (Project Gutenberg ebook 77600)