I Am A Clock Watcher

A few years ago I mentioned that my wife purchased a backwards watch for me, as a Christmas gift. I am fascinated by clocks. I always have been. Whether it's the latest style of watch or a nice clock to hang in my office, I love watching them. Yes. I am a clockwatcher.

This morning, I continued the task of making my Christmas list and I found myself looking at clocks. Talk about finding Nirvana. Whoa… Thay have every kind of clock you can think of, whether it's grandfather clocks, wall clocks or mantel clocks.

I looked at all of the different clocks, including Seth Thomas Clocks, Kieninger Clocks, and Ridgeway Clocks, but I found an Hermle Astrolabium clock on their site that I would absolutely die for. It has a solid wood base with cherry finish, and sits inside a crystal glass dome. The best part? The gears of the clock reproduce the annual orbit of the earth around the sun, the moon revolving around the earth, and the earth rotating on its axis every 24 hours. I.Want.That.Clock.

While looking at clocks I also found the Clocks Blog, which goes to great lengths to tell you about all sorts of clocks and clock history. I was fascinated by their post about Atomic clocks. I didn't realize so many companies made them. Each post links back to 1-800-4CLOCKS Grandfather Clocks and much more where you can browse through all of the types of clocks they were talking about on the blog. Very convenient if you ask me.

Needless to say, I added only one item to my Christmas list today, and that was the Hermle Astrolabium that I want, for me. Maybe Santa will read this post and bring it to me?