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Cantena Wall Clock

By John Farrier in Arts & Crafts, Home & Garden on Nov 11, 2009 at 9:47 am



Photo: Unica

Andreas Dober’s wall clock for the German luxury shop Anthologie Quartett cycles a bicycle chain to display the hour with copper digits at the top. A custom job, it prices out at $2,338.

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  1. Skipweasel
    Nov 11th, 2009 at 10:51 am

    Ooooh, want! One day I might even get round to making one.

  2. Jeffos
    Nov 11th, 2009 at 11:38 am

    Dang, that is way cool -- but also priced about 10x what it would seem to be worth, given it's a simple motor, a housing, and a bicycle chain.

  3. MadMolecule
    Nov 11th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    Yeah, I'm thinking I could make something like this for about $15.

  4. Felipe Venancio
    Nov 11th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    Great clock. But I could never buy it.

  5. pwscott
    Nov 11th, 2009 at 5:50 pm

    I compliment the design, but I could make one for about 20 bucks that includes a minute and second chain.

  6. Skipweasel
    Nov 11th, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    First thing my son said when he saw the price was "Hey, we could make dozens and sell them at half that and still make a good profit."

    I explained that stealing someone else's idea to make money was immoral, but he didn't seem convinced.

  7. desertpir8
    Nov 12th, 2009 at 2:31 am

    Awesome idea... One could easily make their own. Judging from the photo, the artist used the minute hand to drive the chain. The sprocket appears to make a complete rotation for every hour, which would mean that its the minute drive being used.

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