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Clocks - Unique pieces
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items Strange clocks that tells the time in a different way than what we are used to. These are great decorative pieces, conversation starters, and just straight up awesome. Some of these are great house warming gift for your favorite science lover.
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Science-inspired
Non-trivial Clock faces
Rare or Unusual
Science-inspired
These clocks all rely on or are inspired by scientific principles.
Adjust to you longitude, and this will tell you the time in digital numbers.
Digital Sundial
Hyperbola clock; the rotating arm traces a hyperbolic curve, and shows you the hours. The small clock hand at base of the clock shows minutes.
The Hyperbola Clock
Instead of the regular rotating hands, the inner watch face rotates instead. Link to more versions of this: ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=ernest+borel+cocktail&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337813805&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
Vintage Ernest Borel "Cocktail" Watch
The spiral will spin and align with a number on the board, to act as the long clock hand. The small one counts minutes in the "regular" clock face
Wooden Fibonacci Table Clock
The AM hours are on one side, and as the day flips, so the strip flips to the PM hours on the other. Silver and gold numbers on a black strip provide elegant and easy to read numerals.
Designed and made in the UK, using German engineering and materials.
This clock comes with a 10 year guarantee.
Designed and made in the UK, using German engineering and materials.
This clock comes with a 10 year guarantee.
Mobius Clock
Gravity makes these balls roll, and slowly fall to the bottom, before a mechanical arm lifts them back up
Rolling Ball Clock
This can be yours, if you have 11 000 USD to spare. The most expensive clock on this list, by far. The pricetag comes with some extremely interesting features. From Wikipedia: "It gets the energy it needs to run from temperature and atmospheric pres...
Atmos Classique
Non-trivial Clock faces
These clocks cannot be read the “usual” way, and each clock takes a little time to understand.
This is based on The Berlin Clock, The Mengenlehreuhro, or the set theory clock in Berlin. It is not as nice as the real one, but it is a very cool replica, for the watch nerds out there! The Mengenlehreuhr consists of 24 lights which are divid...
The Berlin Clock (Set Theory Clock)
Wooden kit sundial. It is easy to assemble, and very cool to use.
Wooden kit sundial
This is perfect for the nerdy people out there! Do you know any programmers or computer engineers? This will be right up their ally. Trust me
Binary Clock white LED
Very cool interpretation of a binary clock. Instead of just dots on a screen, windows in a building light up to tell you the time. If you know how to decipher it.
The City Clock - Binary Clock
To tell the time with this clock, some math is required. A guide is provided in the description, along with open source instructions to build your own.
Fibonacci Clock
Rare or Unusual
These clocks are easy enough to read, but they differ from regular wall clocks in the way they look.
Wooden mechanical clock puzzle set. Gain a deeper understanding on how mechanical clocks work, by building one yourself! Plus I think it looks very cool, if it's hung in a modern space.
DIY Wooden Gear Clock
Nixie Tube Clock
Nixie Tube Clock
Probably one of the most famous clocks out there.
Melting Clock - Salvador Dali
Like a regular clock, except it goes a different way than what we are used to. It takes some time, but suddenly it will be second nature. It comes in many colors.
Reverse Wall Clock