Meaning of Clock (Pocket Watch) Tattoos – Introducing Chicano and Angel Designs as Well

This is a tattoo design of a bird hanging a pocket watch with a chain.

The bird, modeled after a hummingbird, is said to symbolize love, beauty, and happiness, making this a great design that symbolizes a joyful past and a future full of hope.

This is a tattoo design depicting roses that nearly cover the entire arm, with a clock buried among them.

The shading on the rose petals and the clock is very beautiful.

This is a tattoo design example combining a wolf and a clock.

The wolf with odd eyes staring powerfully at you makes this a very striking design.

This is a tattoo design combining an owl, a pocket watch, and a nighttime forest.

Owls are known as very intelligent birds, and an antique pocket watch also has an intellectual feel, so they pair very well.

This is a tattoo design combining a Chicano-style woman, roses, and a pocket watch on the arm.

If you unify the design and complete one whole arm, it creates a strong sense of cohesion and is recommended.

This is a tattoo design depicting an hourglass together with the lettering “Memento Mori” (Remember death).

It is a design that reminds you that life has only limited time.

This is a tattoo of flowers and an hourglass drawn in an old school (American traditional) style.

With playful details such as a baseball buried in the hourglass and lettering like “I’M DREAMIN,” it is a design with a lot of personality.

This is a design example combining playing cards and a pocket watch.

It has a gambler-like feel, as if it is about to say, “Life is a gamble.”

This is a tattoo design example of a simple clock on the wrist.

Just changing the font on the dial or the hands can greatly change the impression, and because it is a simple design, it can be done regardless of gender!

This is a design combining lettering with an angel and a clock.

Angels are considered symbols of a child’s birth, and the fact that the date and time are drawn together with the lettering “Welcome to my house” is surely proof that the child is loved.

This is a tattoo design of a chain pocket watch decorated with roses.

The delicate clock face combined with the roses creates a very feminine and graceful design.

This is a tattoo design example using a clock motif in a tribal style.

The tribal design works like a base for the clock, making it a very cohesive tattoo.

This is a tattoo with the sun and moon drawn on a simply designed clock face.

It seems like a design that would also look good made larger and spread across the whole back.

This is a black-and-grey tattoo design example combining a clock and a skull.

Skulls and antique-style clocks are design motifs that really appeal to men.

This is a bold tattoo design covering the whole leg, featuring lettering, a clock, and a compass motif.

With motifs like a compass and a clock, it is a masculine design that stirs a sense of adventure.

This is a tattoo design with a pocket watch and feathers on the chest.

The antique-looking pocket watch and feathers are an excellent match, and it looks very stylish.

This is a design example combining a snake and a clock.

Even with the same design, it seems like black and grey would bring out a different kind of appeal.

This is a tattoo design example of a Roman numeral clock and an eye motif.

For eye-like motifs, antique Roman numerals feel like the perfect match.

This is an illustration-style digital clock tattoo.

After so many analog clocks up to this point, the fact that it is a digital clock is unique and cute.