‘Mechanical Clock’ by Max Gilbert

Inimitable time pieces hanging on the walls of any modern interior simply adds to the overall appeal. For the hip interiors, designer Max Gilbert has crafted beautiful time piece named ‘Mechanical Clock’.

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It’s a wall mounted, abstracted time keeper that in its own unique way expresses the passing of time. Its shows how time marches forward, un-relentlessly, never-ending, and without pause! Our machinery of today is dependent on our society for the last century; similarly this timepiece keeps tracks of time through a series of mechanical interactions, eventually pulling ropes to a predefined position on a wall, which the user can view the actual time.

This system is completely arbitrarily based and has become a vital part of our society in its current format. Through evaluating the numerous ways in which we perceive time in addition to maintaining a log of our daily activities, the time keeping system or device that addressed an attitude we possess about time.

The curved design of the clock is made of bent laminated wood. Aside from its beauty, the amazing form of the clock serves as structural elements allowing the central cam mechanism to move the form upward and downward. The movement advances the lower escapement gear six times per minute. Turn rotates the smaller and larger blue gears, as these shafts rotate they locate what time is it. Hanging on the walls of your home the mechanical clock would look inimitably cool.

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Mechanical Clock