The Pier-Glass (1921)

The Pier-Glass

Robert Graves's poetry collection gathers postwar poems, lyrics, and reflective pieces around memory, objects, and loss. (Open Library)

Watches

Breguet pocket watch

In the poem "The Treasure Box", a Breguet watch appears among the keepsakes Ann spreads on her bed. Ann opens her treasure-box in moonlight and spreads its contents on the bed. The watch sits among jewelry, a wedding ring, a diary and small handmade or inherited keepsakes. The inventory gradually leads to the letters associated with her heartache, so the Breguet participates in a scene of memory and private attachments. (Project Gutenberg source text)

Source text: "A Breguet watch; a coral string; / Her mother's thin-worn wedding ring" (Project Gutenberg ebook 47824, "The Treasure Box")