#60 03-16&17-19 Wristwatch

My son Paul was home for the weekend - his birthday was the 15th, he is 28 years old!  And I worked the weekend (of course), so painting took a backseat.  I did the background quickly on Saturday, and the watch on Sunday, which worked out well since the background was so dang dark.  It dried enough overnight to not create a smudge trap when I put in the watch edges. Another different thing I did on this....where the hour numbers, brandname and minute marks were, I left them open....kind of reverse-writing.  I just knew that if I painted in the watchface background over the markings for these details I would lose their proper placement.  I forgot when I went over the #8, so that is the only number that is painted over top the background color.  Doing it this way made it look very imprecise, but I'm actually OK with that.  I didn't want it to look like a photograph, but a painting of an old watch.  The canvas on this is actually the wrapped canvas that I covered with the thick gesso.  This fact may also lend itself to making it look "older".  I "wrapped" the leather watchband down the sides of the canvas, so it is a tiny bit 3-D.  Do I like this end-product?  I'm on the fence.  Something isn't quite right and I haven't put my finger on it yet.  I think I'll be tinkering with this watch.