With the creation of a pocket watch with gears layered on top, our own selves perceive a message that is being presented. The pocket watch will represent what happens in the future because of those “gears”. The gears have made our society advance at a rapid rate, which can be beneficial and deficient. The pocket watch tells us about the future, but the future that goes along with an allohistory. An allohistory is a form of history that is alternative. This means that it speculates what could or would have happened if history had gone differently. There is a “what-if” approach used for this type of …show more content…
These ideas give us misguided thoughts when individuals observe them as systematic pieces of jewelry. When these ideas come to birth, we are under the impression that there are different intentions. The real truth is that no person ever truly knows the intentions of these objects. Often times, people reckon one aspect and go with what our hearts tell us. In Reclaiming the Machine, Rebecca Onion tells us, “…some steampunk designers dislike what they see as the hegemonic grip of modern design” (Onion,