Long gone are the days when clocks where supposed to be round or with
a pendulum. These days clocks have become more of a style statement.
They serve more purposes than simply showing the time. New age watches
define a person's taste.
Car clocks
Watch makers have taken a
leap in making them. They have designed car timepieces that look like
miniature cars with alarms and functions as a real car! How cool is
that! They are made up of brass or metal or wood or transparent crystal
with see through mechanics of the car and the watch or of glass.
The
timepieces come in designs of some of the famous car engineering
marvels of all times. There are watches which come in models of
Volkswagen, Ferrari, Lamborghini, SUVs and retro racing cars.
The
Limo and Ford designs of the first ever motorcars made are probably the
most favoured vintage car-clock designs. These watches have a foldable
hood that can be turned using a handle on the side of the car. The car
is big enough to accommodate to tiny ceramic dolls as passengers.
Tyre Clocks
When
we talk about cars, we have to talk about tyres and wheels upon which
they run. Instead of their heavy showy colleagues, the cars, the
tyre-clocks come in smaller size and light weight. They are essentially
designed for bedsides and work desks. They also serve as snazzy paper
weights. So their dual functionality attracts its patrons.
The
steering wheel watch is another famous addition to this motor watches
category. These types of watches make lovely collector's items,
especially for those who love collecting miniatures.
Some
timepieces have loads of creativity in them, such as the hands of the
watches are represented by spanners and screw drivers. The numbers are
distributed between the spokes of the steel wheel and glow in the night
when tapped on its head.
These tyre-clocks have other features
such as brake discs, brake pads, lug nuts and valve stem, just like a
real life car or motorbike tyre would have. Though it is of question
whether these have any use in the timepiece per se.
Clocks on cars
In
earlier days watches used to be mounted on dash boards of the cars to
see the time. These days we have digital-clocks. Previously there used
to be winding type analogue clocks.
