WATCH OUT : CLOCK-STOPPING TIMEPIECES LET YOU COUNT THE MINUTES OF THOSE LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER.Byline: Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. Daily News Staff Writer Summertime, and the watching's easy. For those days you're off the clock - or wish you were - unbuckle your work watch and strap on some fun. Suddenly you're a kid again, keeping time with Mickey and Minnie, Tigger, Taz and Tweety and all your other cartoon heroes. And don't forget those new toys with bells and whistles A slang English term for exceptional features in some product. In the computer field, it typically refers to functions in software that may be greatly appreciated by some users, even though they may not be necessary most of the time. , music and even night-lights. Watch manufacturers like Timex already have enhanced watches with a cool blue night-light feature at the push of a button, and this spring the company has introduced stuffed animal
A stuffed animal is toy animal stuffed with straw, beans, cotton or other similar materials. Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the watches. Called Watchums, they're furry little Disney characters This is a currently incomplete list of Disney characters:
Armitron, another lower-priced watchmaker, has designed a fresh collection of Tweety and Sylvester designs in girlie-pink plastic and man-size faces on brown leather straps, as well as colorful Crayola watches for boomers who remember the debut of the 50-crayon box with a built-in sharpener. Fossil, a relative newcomer that's been big on nostalgia in both its design and packaging, has added yet another novelty line. This spring it introduced mini-watches with dangling heart, lock, star, moon and butterfly charms, plus charm bracelets with a dangling watch. More up-to-the minute ideas are coming from clothing manufacturers. Nicole Miller Nicole Miller (born 1952, Lenox, Massachusetts) is an American fashion designer. Miller graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, studying at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture during her year. , long known for her conversational print ties, has branched out to timepieces with similar design themes, and Esprit, the young women's sportswear maker, has launched the Esprit Timewear collection with 50 designs. Designed to accessorize ac·ces·sor·ize v. ac·ces·sor·ized, ac·ces·sor·iz·ing, ac·ces·sor·iz·es v.tr. To furnish with accessories: accessorized my outfit with a matching watch. v. the company's Mod fashions, the watches have oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. faces and colorful bands in patent or pearlized pearl·ized adj. Having a pearlescent finish. leather. There's also an Americana collection with Swatch Watch-style faces sporting compass-dial designs and names like South Pole South Pole, southern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90° S. It is distinguished from the south magnetic pole. The South Pole was reached by Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, in 1911. See Antarctica. and Meridian. Nautica, the menswear manufacturer, also has a new line of diver-style watches. Among the collection are white faces and sport rings in brights such as orange and green, equipped with Indiglo night-lights for weekend camp-outs or office brownouts. Last year the Joe Boxer underwear company ticked us off with yellow ``happy face'' pocket watches. This year the pocket watch fad continues with faces that say, ``You're getting sleepy,'' and a new wrist watch collection called Floaties which has rubber ducks floating in water. Beyond the pool toys are new Joe Boxer theme watches, such as ``Which Comes First?'' featuring a rooster rooster its crowing at dawn heralds each new day. [Western Folklore: Leach, 329] See : Dawn rooster symbol of maleness. [Folklore: Binder, 85] See : Virility and rotating egg; ``You're a Winner'' with a colorful wheel-of-chance dial; ``Pin Head,'' with a rotating bowling ball; and ``For a Good Time Call,'' a face with an old-fashioned red telephone and a rotating handset. With all that ``Happy Days'' nostalgia brightening up our wrists, the new Hush Puppies watches should be a shoe-in. The hot-again suede shoe company has signed a timepiece licensing agreement with Prime Time Watch Co. to make simple designs in bright colors for late summer. And, yes, you'll be face-to-face with that famous little long-eared hound dog from the shoe ads. CAPTION(S): 9 Photos Photo: (1--Color) Escape to the Batcave with the Armitro n timepiece from Mervyn's. (2--5--Color) Right: chicken-and-egg watch by Joe Boxer at Macy's; Joe Boxer's red phone face has a rotating handset; baseball-theme watch is by Nicole Miller at department stores. Below: Timex's Watchums collection features wrist-size stuffed animals with digital watches under the paws, available at Target, Kmart and other department stores. (6--Color) When you're off the clock, make time for Disney's favorite mouse. This style, with rubber ears, is from Mervyn's. (7--Color) Top of page: Count the hours until you can say ``TGIF'' with this happy-face watch by Joe Boxer at most department stores. Left: Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. As his name indicates, he is a ghost, but is quite personable. camps it up in glasses, available at Mervyn's. (8--Color) Betty Boop has several fresh faces for summer, all from Mervyn's. (9--Color) Kick back with an angel on your wrist ... or ankle. She's from Mervyn's. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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