Can sure be used as one, but I have a feeling, or at least hope it's something else cooler than an ashtray.
vide poche. Where you dump the contents of your pocket when you get home, so you can dump them back into your next pair of pants when you leave in the morning.
The kids these days call it a "valet." Although this one seems more solid than those riveted squares of leather.
Seems to be the wrong way round to be a "valet"? Probably just a window shop display, still a nice piece ;-)
Huh, and here I was thinking it was a morceau attrayant, mais inutile de la porcelaine avec le logo oméga. Learned something today.
When googling "morceau attrayant" the first page on images is just a bunch of attractive women in business attire.
is a part's bowl; designed for those do-it-yourself watchmakers in mind; this is where all the left over parts are placed/collected after a repair is done
It's a silly thing for silly people who are name brand slaves. It probably came off a display that was trashed. Somebody was dumpster diving and "recovered" it.
