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Tim has many unusual clocks and watches in his collection, and following a request from someone on this channel recently, he brought a few along to the most recent filming session.
First up is a clock in the shape of a giant wrist watch. As Tim says, he could wear it around his waist, and call it a waist watch! In fact it normally hangs on the wall of his living room, along with a number of other clocks, all keeping him entertained, as well as telling him the time.
Next, a clock made by a friend, who took a paint pot and what looks like a big sloosh of paint frozen in time (very like those ‘Frozen Moments’ that were all the rage a few years ago) and to this he added a small clock mechanism.
Then a clock that was commercially available, where instead of the hands moving, the dial moves! And you read off the time at the top of the dial.The dial just sits on a little plastic gear wheel, and you can lift the dial off and reverse it, in which case you have Roman numerals instead!
Lastly an optical illusion clock designed by Lubor Fiedler. Tim has met Lubor a few times; Lubor has designed a number of amazing toys and tricks, and this clock is a good example of his inventive mind. Inside the clock case a playing card is suspended. There is a clear air gap at the front, so it is not attached there. A pendulum swings to and fro at the back, so there cannot be any kind of attachment at the back. And there is a gap between the card and the little hand. So how is the card suspended? A very clever design!
