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When we glance at our wrists to find out the time, we don't even think about the effort and ingenuity that has made it a possibility. From the earliest beginnings with stone circles and sundials, through water dripping and lowering the level in a marked off bowl, to graduated candles that (hopefully!) burned evenly and finally pendulum-driven trickery. And then came the drive from the shipping navigators to be able to accurately tell the time at sea, pendulums being no good in a pitching ship! The huge prize money put up for the first mechanism to solve this drove the invention of the spring-driven clockwork mechanisms still used even in today's world of quartz crystals and electrickery!

Personalize and Customize your watch

You can customize and personalize all the Zazzle watches posted here.
Instructions
Click the image of the product you like. If it's been designed with a monogram or name there'll usually be a box where you can change them to what you want.

Even if it hasn't got any, you can easily add your name or initials by clicking the customize button you'll see. It's easy peasy and there are loads of fonts to choose from! And you can change the color and style to suit you with just a click!

Monday, October 20, 2014

Unique style ideas - Steampunk Fashion Accessory collection

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Unique style ideas - Steampunk Fashion Accessory collection

Steampunk fashion will always be retro even when it's contemporary. Feeling a bit mysterious? Do you hanker back to the dark romance hinted at by this style? Yes? Then these should appeal!

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Dare to splash with this fashion accessory collection in hot pink!

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Dare to splash with this fashion accessory collection in hot pink!

There's always room for a pretty fashion statement in hot pink and this collection is no exception! What occasion would you wear hot pink to? For what occasions wouldn't you dare wear a hot pink outfit?

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Monogram, Tarantula Nebula, outer space image Wristwatches

Take a look at this fantastic outer space watch design. Click the image to see it large - maybe you'd like to personalize it with your initials? Well feel free, just a couple of simple steps...


tagged with: monogram initials, star galaxies, outer space picture, deep space astronomy, stellar nursery, 30 doradus nebula, amazing hubble images, tarantula nebula, doorneblmc, large magellanic cloud, massive stars, r136, star cluster

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series Hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds in appear in this the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood. The massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus (or Tarantula) Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
There is no known star-forming region in our galaxy as large or as prolific as 30 Doradus. Many of the diamond-like icy blue stars are among the most massive stars known. Several of them are over 100 times more massive than our Sun. These hefty stars are destined to pop off, like a string of firecrackers, as supernovas in a few million years. The image, taken in ultraviolet, visible, and red light by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, spans about 100 light-years.
The movement of the LMC around the Milky Way may have triggered the massive cluster's formation in several ways. The gravitational tug of the Milky Way and the companion Small Magellanic Cloud may have compressed gas in the LMC. Also, the pressure resulting from the LMC plowing through the Milky Way's halo may have compressed gas in the satellite. The cluster is a rare, nearby example of the many super star clusters that formed in the distant, early universe, when star birth and galaxy interactions were more frequent.
The LMC is located 170,000 light-years away and is a member of the Local Group of Galaxies, which also includes the Milky Way. The Hubble observations were taken Oct. 20-27, 2009. The blue color is light from the hottest, most massive stars; the green from the glow of oxygen; and the red from fluorescing hydrogen.
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Image credit: Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3

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Sporty Pink Volleyball Wrist Watch

Take a look at this fantastic watch with a sporty design. Personalize the strap, style and more with just a couple of clicks...


tagged with: customize, personalize, pink, white, sports, ball, custom, volleyball, volley ball, stripedhope, striped hope

Trendy pink volleyball wrist watch. Show your personality with this fun and trendy wrist watch. Makes a great gift for all occasions. Click the "Customize it!" button to add text, change the background color and more!

Cute & trendy designs and unique gifts available at Striped Hope!

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Sew Little Time + Scissors + Thread (Personalized) Watches

Take a look at this fantastic monogram watch design. Click the image to see it large and to personalize it with your initials. Will it look good enough?


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Quilters! Tailors! Seamstress! Crafters of all kinds! This cool watch is just for you. On a subtle background of white trapunto lies fabric shears and a threaded needle, the phrase "Sew Little Time" curves between 8:00-6:00, and your personal initials stand at 12:00. Text is in blue.

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Vintage Country Weathered Floral Wrist Watch

Attention Fashionistas! Here's a girly chic watch with a unique design - will it go with your outfit? Click the image to see it large and maybe to personalize it. Will it look good enough?


tagged with: rose, feminine, floral, country, vintage, pattern, garden, shabby chic, flower, girly, lovely, southern, gardens, vintage country, flower garden, rose pattern, womens, shabby, chic, weathered

Imagine spending time at a lovely southern bed and breakfast and enjoying the beauty and grace of the treasured past. This shabby chic weathered vintage floral rose pattern is a tribute to country gardens.

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Monogram Crab Nebula in Taurus outer space picture Watches

Take a look at this fantastic outer space watch design. Click the image to see it large - maybe you'd like to personalize it with your initials? Well feel free, just a couple of simple steps...


tagged with: messier 1, neutron stars, pulsars, supernovae explosions, supernova remnant, crbneb, astronomy pictures, outer space images, crab nebula, monogram initials, star ejecta, heavens, european southern observatory, eso, vista

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A great outer space picture featuring a three colour composite of the well-known Crab Nebula (also known as Messier 1), as observed with the FORS2 instrument in imaging mode in the morning of November 10, 1999.
It's the remnant of a supernova explosion at a distance of about 6,000 light-years, observed almost 1,000 years ago, in the year 1054. It contains a neutron star near its center that spins 30 times per second around its axis (see below).
In this picture, the green light is predominantly produced by hydrogen emission from material ejected by the star that exploded. The blue light is predominantly emitted by very high-energy ("relativistic") electrons that spiral in a large-scale magnetic field (so-called synchrotron emission). It's believed that these electrons are continuously accelerated and ejected by the rapidly spinning neutron star at the centre of the nebula and which is the remnant core of the exploded star.
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Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

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Personalized Baseball Watch

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tagged with: baseball, softball, vintage, retro, sports, watch, coach, baseballs, personalized, name

A vintage style baseball decorates this stylish watch. Personalize this watch by changing the name. The design is from original art.

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Monogram Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672 Wrist Watch

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series This NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 unveils details in the galaxy's star-forming clouds and dark bands of interstellar dust.
One of the most striking features is the dust lanes that extend away from the nucleus and follow the inner edges of the galaxy's spiral arms. Clusters of hot young blue stars form along the spiral arms and ionize surrounding clouds of hydrogen gas that glow red. Delicate curtains of dust partially obscure and redden the light of the stars behind them by scattering blue light.
Galaxies lying behind NGC 1672 give the illusion they are embedded in the foreground galaxy, even though they are really much farther away. They also appear reddened as they shine through NGC 1672's dust. A few bright foreground stars inside our own Milky Way Galaxy appear in the image as bright and diamond-like objects.
As a prototypical barred spiral galaxy, NGC 1672 differs from normal spiral galaxies, in that the arms do not twist all the way into the center. Instead, they are attached to the two ends of a straight bar of stars enclosing the nucleus. Viewed nearly face on, NGC 1672 shows intense star formation regions especially off in the ends of its central bar.
Astronomers believe that barred spirals have a unique mechanism that channels gas from the disk inward towards the nucleus. This allows the bar portion of the galaxy to serve as an area of new star generation.
NGC 1672 is also classified as a Seyfert galaxy. Seyferts are a subset of galaxies with active nuclei. The energy output of these nuclei can sometimes outshine their host galaxies. This activity is powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes.
NGC 1672 is more than 60 million light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Dorado. These observations of NGC 1672 were taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys in August of 2005. The composite image was made by using filters that isolate light from the blue, green, and infrared portions of the spectrum, as well as emission from ionized hydrogen.
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Image credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration

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French Paris Girly Chic Poodle Eiffel Tower Damask Wristwatches

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A whimsical French Paris girly chic poodle at the Eiffel Tower with a pink damask background design featuring a cute black silhouette vector of a french poodle dog wearing pink diamonds and glitter necklace walking on the fashion stars red carpet in front of the famous french landmark monument, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France and a whimsical typography font text with the words Paris written around the Eiffel tower. This whimsical design also features an elegant chandelier with two love heart fuchsia pink balloons tied to it, all on a romantic pastel pink vintage damask pattern background with clouds and abstract colorful watercolor splatters art and adorable butterflies. Get this cute fun colorful vintage design. The perfect gift idea for the girly girl, the fashionista, dog lovers, animal lovers and for her on any occasion.

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