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White handwritten text 'DAVE GAHAN' on black background with yellow hourglass symbol to the right.

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White handwritten text 'DAVE GAHAN' on black background with yellow hourglass symbol to the right.

White handwritten text 'DAVE GAHAN' on black background with yellow hourglass symbol to the right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Dave Gahan Hourglass Official AIM Icons,…

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Composition

  • text left
  • symbol right
  • centered horizontal alignment

Dense Caption

Black background with white handwritten-style text 'DAVE GAHAN' positioned left of center. Text has pixelated edges and inconsistent stroke thickness. To the right of the text is a yellow hourglass symbol with rounded top and bottom, pixelated edges, and a slightly blurred appearance. The hourglass consists of two rounded rectangles connected by a narrow middle section. The entire composition is static with no visible animation.

Description

  • White handwritten text 'DAVE GAHAN' on black background with yellow hourglass symbol to the right.

Identity Hypotheses

  • DAVE GAHAN
  • hourglass

Metadata Supported By Image

  • collection identity (official; search): dave-gahan
  • collection identity (official; search): hourglass
  • observation category (official): late-AIM-era official musician and album promotional identity graphics
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance source-name: Dave Gahan Hourglass Official AIM Icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2007
  • provenance era: 2007 Official Music Promotion
  • provenance topic-coverage: album promotion
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: Dave Gahan
  • provenance topic-coverage: Depeche Mode
  • provenance topic-coverage: Hourglass

Named Entities

  • DAVE GAHAN
  • hourglass

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • dave gahan text hourglass
  • handwritten dave gahan hourglass
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  • dave gahan yellow hourglass
  • dave gahan text yellow hourglass
  • handwritten dave gahan yellow hourglass

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  • DAVE GAHAN

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  • DAVE GAHAN
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  • DAVE GAHAN
  • black background
  • yellow hourglass
  • pixelated edges
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  • narrow middle section
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July 12, 2026

Dave Gahan Hourglass Official AIM Icons

Source title
Dave Gahan Hourglass Official AIM Icons
Category
late-AIM-era official musician and album promotional identity graphics
Era
2007 Official Music Promotion
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 20:00 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 20:00 UTC
Archive ID
acd0cde2ae1efa81
SHA-256
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:25 UTC
Run
1136
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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White handwritten text 'DAVE GAHAN' on black background with yellow hourglass symbol to the right.

Reviewed
August 20, 2026 at 04:37 UTC
Run
62
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,692 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,097, response 677

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  • white
  • yellow

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  • text left
  • symbol right
  • centered horizontal alignment

Dense Caption

Black background with white handwritten-style text 'DAVE GAHAN' positioned left of center. Text has pixelated edges and inconsistent stroke thickness. To the right of the text is a yellow hourglass symbol with rounded top and bottom, pixelated edges, and a slightly blurred appearance. The hourglass consists of two rounded rectangles connected by a narrow middle section. The entire composition is static with no visible animation.

Description

  • White handwritten text 'DAVE GAHAN' on black background with yellow hourglass symbol to the right.

Identity Hypotheses

  • DAVE GAHAN
  • hourglass

Metadata Supported By Image

  • collection identity (official; search): dave-gahan
  • collection identity (official; search): hourglass
  • observation category (official): late-AIM-era official musician and album promotional identity graphics
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance source-name: Dave Gahan Hourglass Official AIM Icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2007
  • provenance era: 2007 Official Music Promotion
  • provenance topic-coverage: album promotion
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: Dave Gahan
  • provenance topic-coverage: Depeche Mode
  • provenance topic-coverage: Hourglass

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  • DAVE GAHAN
  • hourglass

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  • dave gahan text hourglass
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  • handwritten
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  • hourglass symbol

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Wordwall

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  • DAVE GAHAN
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Dave Gahan Hourglass Official AIM Icons (dave-gahan-hourglass-official-aim-icons)

Kind
image-list
Era
2007 Official Music Promotion
Type
live official download page with a separately labeled AIM buddy-icon section
Category
late-AIM-era official musician and album promotional identity graphics
Title
Dave Gahan Hourglass Official AIM Icons
Alt
buddy_icon_4_48
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 20:00 UTC
Rights
copyrighted official music promotional imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
late-AIM-era official musician and album promotional identity graphics

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