Delay clock made of exposed cogwheels

Posted by Cory Doctorow, August 6, 2008 1:46 PM | permalink

Exposed precision gearwork and the insectile tick-click-tick of tine-on-tine countdowns are the design flourishes in this Delay clock from Studio Bloomm.

Delay is a stainless steel and aluminium clock designed by Bas van Leeuwen for Studio Bloomm. The clock is composed of three cogwheels: one for hours, one for minutes, and one for seconds. The time is shown at the spot where the three wheels come together. The idea behind Delay is that due to planned obsolescence, there is very little interest in the technology behind the objects that make up everyday living. Studio Bloomm hopes that Delay will spark some of that interest once again.

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#1 posted by toxonix

, August 6, 2008 3:02 PM

Uhm, why didn't they go the full length and make it spring driven? It looks like it's made of laser or water cut stainless steel sheet. That's no clock. Clocks are machined from brass. M wnts t vmt rptdly n ths thng.

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#2 posted by Art , August 6, 2008 3:11 PM

I think it's wonderful.

I truly wish that I had the talent and knowledge to create something like this.

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#3 posted by mello clello , August 6, 2008 3:38 PM

Love the giant power block. You'd think we'd have low-voltage DC wall sockets in this day and age... Even Ironic Sans has tried to solve this problem. Is USB the way to go?

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#4 posted by scionofgrace , August 6, 2008 4:05 PM

WANT.

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#5 posted by muteboy , August 6, 2008 4:58 PM

Like the object, hate the self-important marketing BS.

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#6 posted by LightningCrash

, August 7, 2008 5:56 AM

would be cooler if it were a "Steampunk Delay clock made of exposed cogwheels"

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#7 posted by Thorzdad