hunting case

American  

noun

1. a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.

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Example Sentences

Clayton Stoner reportedly intends to plead guilty in an illegal grizzly bear hunting case near the British Columbia coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2015

His gold watch has a hunting case; when he has examined it, it shuts again with a fine rich snap, which we can hear even above the noise of the car.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher

However, he took his station at the ringside, and glanced at the watch, which had a coat of arms carved on the inside of its hunting case.

From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by Stribling, T. S.

“Now gentlemen, what ‘moffered f’this first-class M. I. Tobias gold English lever watch—full jeweled, compensation-balance, anchor-escapement, hunting case?

From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)

It was told of him that he considered but one symptom, and this he discovered with his hand on the patient's pulse and his eyes on a big loud-ticking watch in a hunting case.

From The Romance of a Plain Man by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson