Gear tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals, gears and hands, on a forearm.
Clock mechanism with Roman numerals on a forearm
Neo-trad style tattoo of a cracked clock face with Roman numerals, black and grey shading with red slashes, on an arm.
Cracked clock face on an arm
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing torn skin opening onto a grey metal mechanical core with green, red and blue details.
Mechanical core revealed through torn skin
Traditional style tattoo of a blue shaded diamond on a forearm, surrounded by bold red, green and grey flash-style motifs.
Blue diamond in a traditional sleeve on a forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, with a poppy and a chain on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and poppy on a forearm
Realistic black and grey pocket watch with Roman numerals, exposed gears, a chain and flowers tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and flowers on a forearm
Collage of black and grey robot tattoos on a back and several forearms, with robot line drawings alongside.
Robot tattoos on back and forearms
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull merged with a clock mechanism and Roman numerals across the back of a hand, with a coloured forearm sleeve above the wrist.
Skull and clock on the back of a hand
Realistic coloured tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch with visible gears, a red rose and two butterflies.
Pocket watch, rose and butterflies on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with closed eyes and blunt fringe, with a large clock face and gears behind her.
Realistic woman's face and clock on forearm
Black and grey collage tattoo on two forearms, with halftone dots, fine geometric linework, a portrait partly set in a teal block and small script.
Collage forearm sleeve with portrait and geometry
Black ink tattoo of a profile head wearing a bowler hat, with a cog over the eye, on the forearm.
Bowler hat head with cog eye on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with gears and a banner reading Everything is borrowed, on the forearm.
Pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Realistic black and grey pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, surrounded by blossom and a lace detail, tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and blossom on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, sitting on the forearm.
Pocket watch with gears on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, with a rose beneath it, on the inner forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Realism black and grey tattoo of a clock face with Roman numerals, gears and hands on the inner forearm, with soft smoky shading behind it.
Clock face and gears on a forearm
Black ink pocket watch with Roman numerals, a flower and a banner reading TIME IS ON MY SIDE, tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and banner on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and cogs on a forearm, shown from three angles.
Pocket watch and gears on a forearm
Realistic pocket watch with gold hands, Roman numerals and exposed movement, flanked by poppies, tattooed on a forearm.
Pocket watch and poppies on a forearm
Black and grey realistic pocket watch tattoo with exposed gears, a beaded chain and scrollwork, sitting on the forearm.
Pocket watch with beaded chain on a forearm
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears, a chain, and grey shaded flowers with gold accents.
Pocket watch and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and cogs on the forearm.
Pocket watch with gears on a forearm
Black and grey biomechanical full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing metal plates, gears, chains and a shield emblem, shown in three photographs.
Biomechanical full sleeve with gears and chains
Black and grey realism tattoo of a piston and cog gears breaking through torn skin on the forearm.
Piston and gears on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of gears, a chain and engine parts wrapping the forearm.
Mechanical gears and chain on a forearm
Realistic biomechanical tattoo sleeve in grey and red covering an arm, shoulder and part of the chest, with a mechanical dial on the shoulder.
Biomechanical sleeve with red wires on arm and chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with exposed gears and a shaded rose with leaves on a forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with geometric gears and circles, a dotwork sky, and a shaded landscape of trees on the forearm.
Full sleeve with gears, trees and dotwork sky
Three views of a black and grey biomechanical tattoo on a man's forearm, showing gears, pipes and metal panels that appear to peel back from the skin.
Biomechanical forearm tattoo in three views
Black and grey tattoo of a mechanical bird with gears and a winding key on the inner forearm of a person wearing a rolled denim shirt.
Mechanical bird on a forearm
Greyscale realism tattoo of a skull with exposed clockwork gears beneath Roman numeral XII, with smoke swirls below, on a forearm.
Skull with clockwork gears and Roman numerals
Realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and several portrait faces on a forearm.
Pocket watch and portraits on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, flying birds and a rose on a forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Realistic tattoo on a forearm of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a chain, a flower and a shaded object, mostly in grey with gold accents.
Pocket watch and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Roman numeral clock face, gears, a key, a rose and a pocket watch.
Clock, rose and feather full sleeve
Black and white photo of two hands with fine line tattoos of clock faces, watch parts and ornate frames on the fingers, wrists and forearm.
Clock and watch tattoos on two hands
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with exposed gears, Roman numerals and a chain, on the forearm against a stone wall.
Pocket watch with gears on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible movement, shaded across the forearm.
Pocket watch with Roman numerals on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals, birds and a rose, covering a forearm.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and exposed gears, wrapping around the forearm.
Pocket watch and gears on a forearm
Black and grey realistic full arm sleeve showing a galleon under sail, churning waves and a shark, across the upper arm and forearm.
Galleon and shark full arm sleeve
Black and grey realism forearm sleeve showing a pocket watch, a large realistic eye and clock numerals on the forearm.
Pocket watch and eye forearm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with gears and Roman numerals on a forearm, with the name Greyson on the dial and 2015 below.
Pocket watch with gears on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with cogs and Roman numerals on the forearm.
Pocket watch with gears on a forearm
Black and grey realism biomechanical tattoo of gears, pistons and metal plates torn open through the skin of a forearm.
Biomechanical gears on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals and visible gears on a forearm.
Pocket watch on a forearm
Blackwork and dotwork geometric full sleeve covering a man's arm from shoulder to wrist, with diamond lattice and cog motifs on the upper arm and forearm.
Blackwork geometric full arm sleeve