{"product_id":"the-glass","title":"Eight Bells","description":"\u003cp\u003eEight bells and your watch is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHalf an hour of sand at a time, a boy turning the glass and striking the bell, and at eight you were relieved and the next man took the deck. Every sailor who ever lived measured his time that way — not in days, in glasses turned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey struck eight bells for a dead man too. Same sound. A crew heard it and knew which one it was without being told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo they carved this everywhere. Into scrimshaw, into sea chests, into the wood over the bunk where a man could see it before he slept. Not to be grim about it. A man who can see the sand running spends his watch like it matters, and the one who thinks he has forever wastes every hour of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA skull set in the upper chamber, the sand running out beneath it. Open through the middle so you can see daylight where the glass would be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpend the watch.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid .999 fine silver, hand poured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e37mm tall × 14mm wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-oxidized recesses, polished high points\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4mm black braided leather cord, 22\", gunmetal magnetic barrel clasp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned Certificate of Authenticity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoured and finished in Northfield, Vermont\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorn for a lifetime. Passed to the next.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vancroft \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280372379869,"sku":"VC-BF-EIGHTBELLS-999","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0838\/3774\/7421\/files\/skull_hour_glass_product_photo.png?v=1785392028","url":"https:\/\/www.vancroftco.com\/products\/the-glass","provider":"Vancroft\u0026Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}