found the perfect accent piece

[sundial]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHO1JTNPPOU

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Clock):


Taylor invested five years and £1 million in the Corpus Clock project, and two hundred people, including engineers, sculptors, scientists, jewellers, and calligraphers, were involved. The clockwork incorporates six new patented inventions, and "the rippling gold-plated dial was made by exploding a thin sheet of stainless steel onto a mould underwater . . . [at] a secret military research institute in Holland." Stewart Huxley was the design engineer. Sculptor Matthew Sanderson modelled the Chronophage.[6]

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[Zen]

I've always wanted one of these
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[SouthernBelle]

Me too. Who sells those?

[Zen]

Google "kit-kat clock" :D
or "kit- cat".Either one will get you there

[bmccasland]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHO1JTNPPOU

That's a cool clock! I want one, but maybe a wee bit smaller.

[tc1]

You can still get them. True story, my mom worked in the factory as a secretary decades ago when the company was started. She said the two men who came up with the idea appeared completely humorless and unlikely to produce something so whimsical.

[Zen]

Sundial, I think you could make that clock with some hubcaps, christmas lights, and scissors as a grasshopper substitute. Hmmm...