there once was enough demand for a clock in a car, that the aftermarket started selling ones that would lock onto your steering column, as dash mounting was much more of an involved process

 I suppose at the time, clocks and watches were just barely becoming affordable for blue collar workers, just before widespread use of electricity made mass production cheap and simple

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