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Time is an artificial construct, a sort of consensual hallucination. I think that might be the basic reason we can be so obsessed with it. It's not real and yet we believe that it is and we allow it to govern, even control our lives. Our fascination with time takes shape in the myriad of time keeping devices available. This list contains timekeeping devices I would like to own or think are just pretty darn neat.
80's Cube Clock
17 people recommended this item
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You turn the top of the cube to alternate between time, calendar, temperature and alarm functions.
Updated Jul 23, 2008
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Time Cube Clock
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It is a good day whenever I find a new source for new clocks. This looks like something one of the cenobites from the Hellraiser movies might have sitting on their bedside table.
Updated Apr 23, 2008
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RetroOnline: Atomic clock modern design wall clock 16
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3 people recommended this item
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Besides Steampunk, I am also a big fan of retrofuture products. What that means to me are those products, designed in the past (usually around the 50s) that believed they were providing a view of what the future would look like. Or those products (like this one I believe) that look like they were designed in the 50s by someone trying to figure out what wall clocks would look like in the future. The result is this.
Updated Jan 11, 2008
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Oregon Scientific Laser Engraved Forecaster
3 people recommended this item
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The acrylic block displays three 3D icons — laser-engraved in crystal — that light up in color to represent sunny, rainy or cloudy skies. The radio-controlled U.S. Atomic clock in the base switches to a temperature readout with a wave of your hand.
Updated Nov 29, 2007
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Wave Tidal Clock
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At first I thought this was some odd mashup between a mantle clock and one of those hypno wheels. Upon closer examination it is a wave tidal clock. Not as good but close enough.
Updated Nov 9, 2007
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Jonas Damon Open Edition LED Clock
14 people recommended this item
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The clock is a series of cubes, each displaying one glowing number and when placed in the correct order, it displays the current time. We liked the idea of abstracting time and breaking it up into a set of constantly changing numbers.
Updated Sep 29, 2008
Gucci The G Chrono with Diamonds
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Okay, so what makes this watch worth over 4 thousand dollars? Well it might be the 54 diamonds; 0.78 total carat weight, or the Sapphire crystal...but its also because its got the word "Gucci" on it. For those of you impressed by such, here's a watch.
Updated Nov 5, 2007
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Timesphere Wall Clock
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Another way to sate my time fetish.
Updated Oct 11, 2007
Triangle Glass-Face Clock
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Who sez time has to go 'round in a circle?
Updated Oct 9, 2007
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