We’ve seen some pretty wacky and creative clocks in our day. We’ve seen clocks made strictly out of live-human body parts. We’ve seen clocks only solvable by mathematicians. But this clock strikes a chord with us geeks, utilizing one of the most prolific parts of the web browser, the scrollbar.
The coolest part is that you can actually move the scrollbar as the time ticks away.
Let’s keep the scratchin’ going to the early morn. Yeahhhh, boooooy.
Made using an old, retired Fischer turntable and a rockin’ Doobie Brothers vinyl album, the Turntable Clock WAS available on Etsy, but has since sold out. I’m guessing there was only one available in the first place, but who knows, more might pop up if you’re lucky,
More than 25 years after his first appearance, Mario is still going strong in the world of gaming. He’s probably the best known gaming character in the world and his popularity continues to grow with every new generation of gamers.
This awesome History of Mario Wall Clock starts at the beginning with the original bittastic Donkey Kong Mario, and continues to display the evolution of the world’s most famous plumber with 12 rich color images. The 10.5 in squared clock is currently sold out. Bummer. Here’s hoping for a rerelease!
Here I am, scared out of my wits about anything too extreme for my fragile geeky body, and this poor little guy, measuring a tiny fraction of my size, bungee jumps 24 times a day. I feel ashamed. Very ashamed.
The Jongchul Kim’s Bungee Jumping Clock features a little man who jumps out of his little cubby and bounces around in the air at the top of each hour.
Sure, it might seem real cool and artsy to have a clock ran by human beings, but think about how neat the statement of the Human Clock will be to you once the clock employees start running to their union reps because you’ve been starving them.
Designed using a group of flexible time-keepers, the Human Clock is the one timepiece which will leave your house with much of your food supply depleted. But hey, good luck on that artsy statement! Hit the jump for the rear view.
Designer Vadim Kibardin’s Black & White Clock concept is a series of four OLED numerals, each with independent sources of power. The really neat part about this concept, other than looking really cool, is that the clock will automatically sense the lighting in the room, switching to white digits in dark conditions and black digits when it’s bright.
Not only will this reduce eye strain, but it looks sorta three dimensional. Each piece being independent is nice because it adds a bit of personalization. You can arrange the numerals how you want without the limitations of one large power board.
Industrial designer Eric Frietas’s designs intricately composed and complexly designed wall clocks. The steampunk edge inspired into his work is clear and concise. The clocks appear to be living breathing beings, except these beings won’t shit on your carpet.
Although the designs are rather complex it feels as though every part has been placed in the right place, essential to complete the piece. Frietas says that although the clocks aren’t for sale yet, they will be soon. You can follow his blog for up-to-date information.
Possibly the owner of the greatest and most influential mustache in the history of art, Salvador Dali was a master of his medium. His life was the arts. One of his most famous works, The Persistance of Memory, shows a series of melting and morphing clocks. This wall timepiece is designed to invoke a similar feel of surrealism and mutated time.
We aren’t what you might call the most cultured of people on the web. We have our fair share of poopy and pee-pee jokes. But Dali is no laughing matter. Even though it’ll be pretty funny watching visitors becoming nauseous as they check the time.
If you’re trying to teach your kids how to tell time, the Redundant Clock, designed by Ji Lee, is likely the last product you should be looking towards for assistance (though we’ve seen some pretty unhelpful candidates). I was debating whether or not to actually write a detailed description for this clock, but that would be rather redundant, don’t you think?
Just know this, the Redundant Clock is completely WYSIWYG. In fact, I don’t think there is any other clock I’ve ever seen that better fits that description.
Are you ready for a lifetime of boredom?! Rather than sitting and staring at a traditional clock, you know, with its flashy “seconds” and “minutes,” how about giving the Calendar Clock a try?
The clock measures days, months and hours rather than minutes and seconds, so you might have to strain a bit to notice any movement. Sounds like a blast. Totally not a waste of time, at all. If by some inconceivable (you keep saying that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.) chance that you become bored with the Calendar Clock, give this clock a try.
