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Wooden Tranquility clock unites traditional skills and modern design
Looking at recent collections of major furniture retailers, the times of clocks being ignored as pieces of design are well and truly over, with more and more people looking for unique pieces.
Cue the Tranquility Wooden Gear Clock – made entirely from wood, it features traditional mechanics needing to be wound up regularly.
It’s unusual frame, made from either maple or cherry wood, incorporates and highlights the unusual, grasshopper-type escapement, available in maple, cherry or walnut.
Modeled after the famous 1722 design by English clockmaker John Harrison, the escapement’s hinged arms catch and release the escape wheel teeth, turning the clock into an immediate eye catcher.
The grasshopper mechanics offer a stunning insight into traditional clockmaking skills.
Handmade in the USA, the Tranquility clock is available as a ready-to-assemble kit or as a pattern, to be directly applied onto the work piece before being cut out with a scroll saw.
Despite being made from something as sensitive to environmental changes as wood, the clock usually doesn’t require regular maintenance beyond being wound up; it also maintains accuracy to within one minute over the course of several days.
Priced at $174 (€156.48, £111.62) for the full kit and $29 (€26.08, £18.60) for the plans – with other options available, including laser-cut gears – the clock is available directly through Wooden Gear Clocks’ website.
To get an impression of what the Tranquility clock looks like when its mechanics are working, watch the video below:
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Stefanie Gerdes
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