The Most Complicated Mechanical Clock in the World

Josh Bearman bio ↓  ·  November 18th, 2009  ·  filed under Other

Is something I’d like to see:

Among the 70 dials (and 122 indications) are: a perpetual calendar, leap year cycles; sunrise and sunset; local times at seventeen world-wide places; and animated tidal charts in eight different French ports.

Now that I am a seaside denizen of Malibu, and attuned to the ways of the waves, I appreciate such fine detail. Surfline is handy, but just doesn’t have the charm of an intricate machine with 40,000 moving parts. All the Besançon timepiece needs is a dial for Pt Dume tides. And a window indicating the precise, universal and astronomically accurate arrival of 4:20!

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Joshuah Bearman has written about CIA missions, aspiring Fabios, and the world's greatest Pac Man player. Yes, it was he who blew the lid off the story of the great rodent disaster of 2003, when giant gerbils invaded inland China. Joshuah has written for Harpers, McSweeneys, Wired, Rolling Stone, and contributes to This American Life. More from this author →

One Response to “The Most Complicated Mechanical Clock in the World”

  1. jalen Says:
    October 4th, 2010 at 5:32 am

    holy sheet!! this tis a beastly clockishness! yay

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