Hourglass tattoo ideas

117 photos and flash · 31% Traditional, 26% Realism · Forearm most common

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, roses, a clock, a microphone and banners with lettering.
Skull, rose and banner sleeve on an arm
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a skull, red roses, leaves and an eye with falling tears, on a lower leg.
Traditional hourglass with skull and eye on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, a compass and an hourglass running down the upper arm.
Roses, compass and hourglass on an upper arm
Black linework tattoo design on tracing paper showing an hourglass with scrollwork, a butterfly and blossoms, with no body placement shown.
Hourglass with butterfly and flowers design
Colour and grey neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing an hourglass with teal and pink sand, a daisy, and a pocket watch with a heart-shaped face and beaded chain.
Hourglass, pocket watch and daisy on a thigh
Black line drawing flash of an hourglass, three roses, a pocket watch and banners reading I wish time was on our side, in a traditional style.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch flash design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked hourglass with shaded sand across the inside of a forearm.
Realistic hourglass on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of an hourglass with an eye at its centre, two red and orange roses, and banners reading Time is Slipping.
Hourglass, eye and roses flash design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a golden hourglass with black wings, olive branches and skulls on a limb.
Hourglass with wings and olive branches
Two pencil flash drawings on paper of an hourglass, roses, pearl chains and a compass, in a neo-traditional style, with one sheet partly tinted in pale blue.
Hourglass, roses and compass flash sheets
A black and white flash sheet with red accents, showing traditional tattoo designs themed around the number thirteen, including a cat, skull, dagger, heart and eye.
Thirteen themed traditional flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a symmetrical owl with an eye on its brow, an hourglass across its chest and clockwork gears at the base, shown as a tattoo design.
Owl with hourglass and clockwork gears
Pencil drawing of an hourglass with two shaded roses, thorny vines and leaves, with a scrolled ornament in the top right corner, shown as a black and grey tattoo design.
Hourglass with roses and thorny vines pencil design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass rose, hourglass and lightning storm across the outer forearm.
Compass and lightning storm on a forearm
Watercolour-style forearm tattoo of a songbird on a branch, with red berries, sketched mushrooms and an hourglass, in fine line and splashes of colour.
Bird, berries and mushrooms on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a geometric hourglass in pink, green and red with bold black outlines, placed on the inner forearm.
Geometric hourglass on a forearm
Black and grey flash sheet with a pair of feathers above the script words expecto patronum, the Deathly Hallows symbol with scrollwork, and an hourglass within rings decorated with stars.
Three Harry Potter themed flash designs
Black line flash sheet of small geometric motifs including skull faces, spirals, zigzags, diamonds, squares and asterisks, with no body placement shown.
Geometric motif flash sheet in black line
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with an hourglass, compass, anchor, palm tree and pink roses.
Hourglass, compass and anchor on upper arm
Black and grey hourglass tattoo with ornate Time Is Money lettering on a forearm, in lettering style with shading.
Hourglass and Time is Money lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a Roman numeral pocket clock, rays of sunlight and clouds, on an upper arm.
Hourglass and clock with sunburst on upper arm