Classic Car Watches

An earlier blog addressed the history of United States freeway Route 66, but didn’t mention the famous song “Route 66”.  American songwriter Bobby Troup wrote the song in 1946 while driving west from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, admitting he only added “Don’t forget Winona” because it rhymed with “Flagstaff, Arizona”.   Nat King Cole had a big hit with the song the year it was written, and over the years, the song has become a pop standard that many artists have covered, including the Cramps, Buckwheat Zydeco, Mel Torme, Bob Dylan, Depeche Mode, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Rolling Stones, Perry Como, and many more.

The song “Route 66” was featured in two major 2006 movies, “RV” starring Robin Williams, and the animated “Cars”, featuring Chuck Berry’s rendition as well as a newer version by John Mayer.  If you can’t stop humming that song and you already have a copy to sing along with, you might want to consider a Route 66 clock in fond tribute to your own road trips–both past and future.

When I saw that Auto Trademarks Clock Watch had a “generic category”, I thought, “What does a generic clock look like?”  It turns out that I did not have to wonder—there are no generic clocks on this website.  Generic, in this case, just means car-related but not affiliated with a specific make or brand of automobile.

The generic merchandise available as of this writing includes disc brake caliper CD holders, a tire tape dispenser, and a spinning wheel air freshener.  All of these would look great in your auto-themed room and be useful, too.

Whether or not you are a car buff, car emblem merchandise is considered very collectible.  Collectible clocks and watches featuring car logos are two popular items.   There are also tin signs, belt buckles, wallets, keyrings, and any number of other items featuring car brands that are popular long after they cease to be manufactured.
One reason that car emblem merchandise is so collectible is brand loyalty by the consumer.  Another is that this merchandise is usually available initially for a limited span of time.  As car makes, models and styles change or become discontinued, the demand remains for merchandise that featured those vehicles, whether by historians, car enthusiasts, or just for nostalgia.

Devoted to seeing the USA in your Chevrolet?  Won’t own anything but a Toyota?  Crazy about your Ford truck?  When you can’t be behind the wheel enjoying the ride, automobile watches are one way to show your love for your favorite vehicle.

If you don’t like to wear watches, why not a mantle or wall clock with your choice of car emblem?  Consider something with a little neon or something extra shiny to light your way around the house at night, but still keep you on schedule—just like those other finely tuned machines.
 

U.S. Route 66 was a highway in the U.S. Highway system. One of the original federal routes, US 66 was established on November 11, 1926, though signs did not go up until the following year. It originally ran from Chicago, IL, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, before ending at Los Angeles for a total of 2,448 miles.

US 66 was officially decommissioned on June 27, 1985 after it was decided the route was no longer relevant and had been replaced by the Interstate Highway System. It has begun to return to maps in this form. Some portions of the road in southern California are starting to include State Route 66, and others bear “Historic Route 66″ signs, and several stores carry products such as a Route 66 watch.

The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to consistently measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units, the day, the lunar month, and the year. Such measurement requires devices. Devices operating on several different physical processes have been used over the millennia, culminating in the clocks of today.

The sundial, which measures the time of day by the direction of shadows cast by the sun, was widely used in ancient times. A well-designed sundial can measure local solar time with reasonable accuracy, and sundials continued to be used to monitor the performance of clocks until the modern era. However, its practical limitations - it requires the sun to shine and does not work at all during the night - encouraged the use of other techniques for measuring time.

Today, clocks come in the variant forms, such as digital watches or novelty wall clocks that can fit an individual’s personality.

Giving a gift can be hard to do.  I always search high and low for the best gift for my friends and family.  I was so happy when I found a novelty watch website on the internet.

I found other watches for the man and woman in my life that likes different novelty watches like car embles.  They have some neat watches like Fords, Mustang, Chervolette and many others.

I really go for sports watches for my daily accessories.  It is something that I don’t just wear to make a statement, but it also plays a big part of my job as I work as a fitness instructor. This type of watch that I rely on a daily basis has features such as the stop clock, lap timer not to mention that it is best to use whenever I go scuba diving.

In addition to that, a sports watch is very durable to wear and can easily go not just for sporty but with any casual outfits as well.  It compliments not just my work but my personality as well.

Timeless elegance and divine sound combined, mantle clocks are perfect to complete the setting of a country or a colonial style home.  Some of these clocks sport a vintage oak finish that fulfills the “old look”.

These days, it’s easy to find quality replica of these clocks, however, it’s not also unusual to stumble upon an antique mantle clock at a desirable price. Since we are in the age wherein time is money, we don’t really have to spend so much of either to make the great find.