tick-tock, tick-tock

Spring forward, fall back—all this fooling around with the the time really messes with my internal clock. One day you wake up and it's light outside, the next day you wake up at the same time and it's dark. It's just not natural. Oh, I know about all the benefits of Daylight Saving Time and once my body gets used to it, I'll be happy for the extra daylight at the end of the day. But right now, my body is just sleepy and confused and every time I look at a clock, I'm surprised at how late it is.

The Dayclock that only keeps track of the days is the only clock that makes sense to me right now. It does have a noon marker so you know when to go to lunch. For people who don't care what time it is, the Whatever Clock and Watch are perfect—all the numbers have fallen to the bottom of the face in a pile. And the Backwards Clock, which keeps perfect time—backwards—sort of puts the whole idea of keeping time in its place. It's a great reminder to slow down and enjoy the journey.

Some people are just obsessed with time and have to know what time it is all day and night. The Smith & Wesson Tritium Watch is guaranteed to glow for 25 years. It's powered by Tritium, which gives it enough power to illuminate the hands and hour markers for a full 25 years and it doesn't need any light to recharge. The glow is continuous and doesn't fade even in total darkness.

Keeping time can be fun, too. Being the pop culture junkie that I am, I had to have this Star Trek® Watch. It plays the original Star Trek theme song and the second hand is a tiny U.S.S. Enterprise™ second hand that orbits around the dial. It's the coolest (or geekiest, depending on your point of view) way to keep time.

I've always liked pocket watches. Our Military Mascot Pocket Watches play "Reveille" any time you want to hear it—even at night. They're high quality, precision time pieces that showcase the official mascots of the U.S. Armed Forces—the Marine Bulldog, the Army Mule, the Navy Goat, and the Air Force Falcon.

For more eclectic tastes, check out this Stonehenge Watch. It's a pocket watch that lets you tell time accurately—well, like the ancient Druids, to within an hour. The ancient stones are reproduced to scale on the inside and it includes a compass so if you point it due north, you can quickly determine almost exactly what hour it is on a sunny day. With extreme patience, you can tell which season it is, determine significant days like the winter solstice and significant events like the next lunar eclipse. You can also read the time on the face of the outer watch, but that sort of takes the fun out of it.