A man with one clock knows what time it is.
A man with many clocks isn’t quite sure.
What’s he building in there?
There’s much under construction!
And there are many more projects since everything’s been updated.
Here’s what was happening the last time (ie. 2007):
I have entirely too many projects in work…
My current “hot” job is a giant one-wheel clock.
And then there’s the wooden Kit-Kat, and Foo-Foo the “peace clock”. Clepsydra II. And several more that haven’t made it past my computer yet.
My greatest problem is I keep thinking of another clock I want to build…
I have clocks everywhere.
This is one wall in my breakfast room. There are 7 clocks in here. My living room has 11; my office has 6. …My bedroom has 5, and 2 of those strike! My back porch even has 2, and there’s 1 in the bathroom, 2 in the hall, and 3 in the garage. I usually keep them all wound and running (it takes about a half-hour a day). My house sounds like a Pink Floyd song, and on the hour it goes cuckoo (literally).
…But I never hear them ‘til they stop.
I’ve given my family as many as they want. But, I’m still looking for a place to put another…
I also collect “real” clocks. As you can probably tell from my works, I have an affection for the unusual. As a result, my collection consists of examples like a Lux Tape-Measure, a Jefferson Golden Hour, an ATO, an Ignatz Flying Pendulum, a Black Forest Cuckoo, a Waltham Car Clock, a Russian Submarine clock, an original 1958 Kit-Kat, a Clepsydra, a Benrus “steering wheel” clock, and other such peculiar mechanical marvels…
There are a lot of clocks on my wish-list, and when I can’t find or afford one, I try to build it.
If I could just figure out how to build a wooden Atmos…
Many of my works are inspired by other pieces - some classical, some contemporary. (You might even say, “copied”.) But, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Thanks to all of my inspirations. I hope you’re flattered rather than offended.
I’ve built several other clocks I have no pictures of, and have several more in various stages of design and prototyping. I’ll update when I can; I hope it won’t be two years again.
- rabbit October 2006
- revised January 2007
- revived March 2017
