Monolith

 

Monolith is a meditation on the vastness of time and the relative scale of human experience within it.

 

The black depth of the mounting panel suggests the immensity of the past behind us, while the very slow-beating pendulum marks the incremental passage of time as each moment recedes from the present.

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A quotation from The Lord of the Rings is engraved into the large aluminium wheel, offering a quiet prompt to reflect on “what to do with the time that is given to us.”

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The clock incorporates two historically important horological devices within its escapement and winding system. The escapement is a sculptural variation on the Grasshopper escapement, invented by British clockmaker John Harrison around 1722 and later used in several of his celebrated marine timekeepers. The winding system employs an endless chain, a device first applied to clocks by the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens.

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Technical Details: Grasshopper escapement, Manual winding (daily), LED lighting. Acrylic, copper, brass and aluminum. Quartz mechanism.   

Overall Dimensions:  IN: 20W 11D 87H CM: 50W 28D 220H