{"product_id":"virgils-mother-of-pearl-watch","title":"Virgil's Mother-of-Pearl Watch","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n    body {\n        margin: 0;\n        background: #efeae3;\n        padding: 26px 14px;\n    }\n    \u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003c!-- ============================================================\n         AB HIER KOPIEREN  →  Shopify Produktbeschreibung\n         ============================================================ --\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n    .prod-wrapper {\n        font-family: 'Poppins', -apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;\n        max-width: 900px !important;\n        margin: 0 auto !important;\n        color: #2b2723 !important;\n        line-height: 1.7 !important;\n        font-size: 17px !important;\n    }\n\n    .prod-wrapper * {\n        box-sizing: border-box !important;\n    }\/* ---------- HERO: dunkles Perlmutt, vier überlagerte Schimmerzonen ---------- *\/\n    .prod-hero {\n        position: relative !important;\n       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   .prod-hero h2 {\n            font-size: 23px !important;\n        }\n\n        .prod-expert {\n            padding: 26px 20px !important;\n        }\n\n        .prod-specs td:first-child {\n            width: 44% !important;\n        }\n    }\n    \u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero-icon\"\u003e✦✦✦\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePicked by hand off the bottom of the Mississippi, before the beds closed\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirgil Sindt, seventy-one, Muscatine, Iowa. Twenty years in the river and forty-eight at the bench. His eyes are finished, and 214 dials are all that is left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A buyer offered to take the whole shed by the pound, cash, one appointment. It would have ended up in twelve-thousand-dollar watches on wrists that would never be told where it came from. My wife put those plates aside one at a time for forty-eight years. They are not going out of here by weight.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-by\"\u003e— Virgil Sindt, sheller and cutter, Muscatine, Iowa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat arrives\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-ic\"\u003e⌚\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-n\"\u003eThe Watch\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-d\"\u003e28 mm steel case, genuine mother-of-pearl dial, Swiss quartz.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-ic\"\u003e📜\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-n\"\u003eNumbered Card\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-d\"\u003eNames the plate it was cut from, out of the 214 that survived.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-ic\"\u003e🔧\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-n\"\u003eSizing Kit\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-d\"\u003eLink-removal tool and a one-page guide. Five minutes.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-ic\"\u003e🎁\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-n\"\u003ePresentation Box\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc-d\"\u003eMost of these are not bought for the person ordering.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eFour things that make this dial impossible to copy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e🗄\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eThe Drawer Number\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eEvery watch names the plate it came from, out of the count Virgil made in April. Two hundred fourteen numbers exist, one per watch — a provenance that starts on a river bottom, not on a certificate template.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e🐚\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eThe Thick Stock\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eA shell is curved, so a flat disc needs depth. This is heavy river shell from animals that had decades on the bottom before anyone took them. Ordinary shell will not yield a dial at all — it breaks through before it comes flat.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e⏳\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eThe Slow Grind\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eEach dial is brought down to about half a millimeter by hand, wet, in stages. Nacre cracks along its own layers when rushed or allowed to warm. One hundred twenty-seven plates did not survive it. The ones that did are the whole supply.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e🔄\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eThe Tilt Test\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eMost brands ask for trust. Virgil asks for suspicion. Hold it to a window and turn your wrist slowly. Real nacre moves — white to rose to green — because the color is structure, not pigment. Printed imitations look identical from every angle.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert-h\"\u003eVerified by a specialist\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Three things about this stock cannot be reproduced. It is thick, because those animals had decades on the bottom before anyone took them. It came out of a river that has since been dammed, dredged and silted, which changes how shell is laid down. And commercial harvest here is finished — several of the species that fed that industry are federally protected now. What is in that man’s shed is a sample of a river that no longer exists. There is no way to go and get more, and no legal way to try.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-n\"\u003e— Dr. Renata Buhrow, malacologist, Upper Mississippi mussel populations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌊 Anyone who wants something real\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 A gift that gets handed down\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e👩👧 Mothers and daughters\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e⌚ Small wrists and small watches\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🔬 Rock, shell and science people\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎓 Teachers\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏞 River-town and Iowa natives\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e💍 Anniversaries and milestone birthdays\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat you are actually getting\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenuine nacre, not a print.\u003c\/strong\u003e A real slice of freshwater mother-of-pearl, ground and finished by hand — with a tilt test anyone can run at a window in about two seconds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYours exists once.\u003c\/strong\u003e The layering, the grain and the way the color breaks never repeat, so no two dials on Earth are the same.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA documented origin.\u003c\/strong\u003e A numbered card naming the plate it was cut from — not a generic authenticity slip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt to be worn, not stored.\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid 316L steel case, sapphire crystal, 50 m water resistance, a Swiss quartz movement that runs for years on one battery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmall on purpose, and not by choice.\u003c\/strong\u003e 28 mm is the largest flat disc this shell will give up. At 36 mm the drawer would have been empty after forty watches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e214 exist and there is no restock.\u003c\/strong\u003e The beds closed in the nineties and the shell that is left is what one man carried up the bank.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-g-ic\"\u003e🛡\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-g-t\"\u003e30 days, no argument\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf it doesn’t move in the light, send it back within 30 days and get your money back. Virgil has been handing this material to people for forty-eight years and has never once had a piece handed back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note-t\"\u003ePlease read before ordering\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery dial is cut from a different plate of shell. The grain, the depth of the layering and the exact way the color breaks vary from watch to watch — the photographs show examples, not the specific dial you will receive. That variation is the material, not a defect. It is also the reason a photograph never quite matches the watch: a camera picks one angle, and the whole point of nacre is that it does not have one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe small markers around the dial are cut glass, not diamonds. We would rather say so here than let anybody find out later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDial material\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGenuine freshwater mother-of-pearl (nacre), Upper Mississippi river shell, Muscatine, Iowa\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDial finish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-ground wet to approx. 0.5 mm, sealed. Each dial cut from its own numbered plate\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHour markers\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCut glass (Czech rhinestone)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 mm 316L stainless steel, brushed and polished, 8.4 mm height, 34 mm lug to lug\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCase back\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e316L stainless steel, screw-down\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGlass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSynthetic sapphire crystal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMovement\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSwiss quartz, three-hand with date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWater resistance\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50 m — hand washing, swimming and daily wear\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBracelet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e316L stainless steel, 16 mm lug width, 200 mm total length, link-removal tool included\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e72 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinishes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSilver, gold, two-tone — the case is the part you choose. The dial is not.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn the box\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWatch, numbered card, sizing tool, presentation box\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShell recovered by\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVirgil Sindt, Muscatine, Iowa — river shell picked by hand 1974–1994; plant stock saved 1962\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eQuantity available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e214 pieces across all three finishes. No allocation per finish, no restock.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eShipping\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFree US shipping, dispatched within 48 hours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- ============================================================\n         BIS HIER KOPIEREN\n         ============================================================ --\u003e","brand":"BACKROAD GOODS","offers":[{"title":"Silver","offer_id":59066577158492,"sku":null,"price":178.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gold","offer_id":59066577191260,"sku":null,"price":178.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Two-Tone","offer_id":59066577224028,"sku":null,"price":178.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4081\/9292\/files\/hf_20260909_202759_b0563d7a-d286-4779-a23e-0cca18bb73d9.png?v=1788986602","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/virgils-mother-of-pearl-watch","provider":"BACKROAD GOODS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}