Home and Living

Wall clocks can be stylish and add colour and complement the décor of the room. Responding to changes in the market preferences towards decorative, brighter, vibrant décor companies have unveiled new style and collection of clocks called retro clocks. These clocks are available in handcrafted wood styles, metal, acrylic, silver. These clocks are available in cartoon characters for children’s rooms, kitchen themes and so on. The retro clocks are made to renovate the traditional clocks in new designs and styles. Past and present are fused in the retro clocks

Retro era:

Clocks are wall jewels and it gives style to the room. If the style of the clock is a mixture of past and the present with a mixture a distinction of old fashion and contemporary style it is said to belong to retro era. The clocks in the retro era during 1920’s were known as art deco style and in 1950’s as ‘diner’ or ‘jukebox’ style. Whereas in the early eighties it retro clocks were known as minimalist style. Some clocks and timepieces of the retro era feature ads or logos in th4e clock face.

Retro Astro Wall clocks

In 1950’s George Nelson designed brightly colored series of clocks known as retro astro wall clocks. The Astro clocks were designed to look like the molecular structure of an atom. George Nelson designed this during the post World War II. This astro design blends with any interior decorum of the home and office alike. The retro astro wall clocks are made of high-density plastics and the quartz movement powered by batteries.

Double Bubble clocks:

In the 1950’s and 1960’s Advertising Products Company of Cincinnati introduced the stylish clocks called double bubble clocks. These clocks carried graphics or logos on the clock face. They became so popular, today; many collectors of 50’s memorabilia restrict their collection of clocks to Double Bubbles. The dial moves over the inner glass bubble and has either a logo or graphics and the outer “crystal “or glass bubble has the numericals of the clock. These globes are luminated with low voltage bulbs. Recently, these clocks are being redone using thee original licensed artwork from Wayne’s clocks.

Midwest clocks:

Midwest is another producer of retro clocks. Recently they have come out with a new line of designs and accessories for the retro-look market. Their popular styling and design series is “Someone’s in the kitchen”. The clocks of these series are available in festive colors that recall the family tradition and culture. The Cookie Time, Cookie Jar is some of the collections of Midwest clocks. They are designed on kitchen magnet or ceramic ornament .the retro clocks add color, style and tone the home.