I've come really close to buying one of these but there is a criminal element in my workplace that leads me to believe it wouldn't stay on my desk for long. The retro styling is really cool. And for those of you dreading the inevitable 'time flies' joke -- you're welcome.
Time doesn't fly with this rocket clock because the timepiece is in the base. The animation is from the website where I found this item. Apparently the rocket section instantly vaporizes when separated from its stand, so I'm not nearly as interested in this particular clock. I've come to demand more durability in my desk baubles.
A cartoonish version of the clock shown above.
A chincy plastic version of the clock to the left, which is a cartoonish version of the clock above it.
A nifty silver rocket clock 02/02/06
Humpty Dumpty had a great goosing! 02/02/06
A wooden version of the Rocket Clock. The alien life form in the photo is obviously incredulous over the slipshod workmanship of his dilapitated space vessel. You just can't find interplanetary slave labor like you used to....
Aliens must have a thing about being on time.
Go digital! 02/02/06
Go digital some more! 02/02/06
A variety of Space Shuttle clocks Above: Matter and Anti-Matter 02/02/06
Pastel colorssuitable for a nursery 02/02/06
This is either a rocket clocklamp or a dilapitated outhouse clocklamp. 02/02/06
More clocks for the kiddies 02/02/06
These look like the kids made them 02/02/06
The clock above looks kind of like a kid made it, but it is too perfect. More likely done an illustrator for children's books. I don't get the boosters dangling from chains, though.
The clock on the right only looks like it is the work of a careless kindergartner. It was actually for sale in an art gallery. Its price was directly proportional to its hideousness. 02/02/06