Given my longstanding interest in escapements, I have often imagined a timepiece in which the escapement itself becomes the focal point.

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In this design, the visible gearing is reduced to the escapement and the motion work for the hands, while the main gear train is housed discreetly within the base. This allows attention to remain on the animated relationship between these two exposed mechanisms.

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A mystery clock of sorts, the design is adaptable to almost any escapement. The example illustrated uses a modified Grasshopper escapement, but the choice can be tailored to the client. If there is a particular escapement of interest, I would be pleased to reinterpret it in a sculptural format.

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The clock is wound through a novel lever arrangement operating through a slot in the base. The series can also be produced as an automatically wound version.

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For those interested in the wider history and variety of escapements, Ken Kuo of Taiwan has created an excellent YouTube channel featuring animated studies of many historic escapements and their variations, including several of my own experimental designs.