UGears: Old Clock Tower (44pc)

Description

The Old Clock Tower mini-model by Ugears brings a charming medievalatmosphere into your home or office. This beautiful DIY wooden clock tower modelis a mechanical mechanism in the form of a tower with clock face, moving gears,a moving pendulum, whimsical characters, and a weather vane on top. Scroll thelarge gear to set the hands of the clock, the pendulum, and the weather vane inmotion. The weather vane is a trumpeter holding on to a banner blowing in thewind. For comic effect, a man is suspended from the clock's spinning minutehand, holding on for dear life. Another man climbs a ladder below theclock—perhaps a cleaner or clock repairman? Behind the clock asuspicious-looking figure enters a hidden door—a thief storing his loot in theclock tower, or maybe a hunchback, bringing his lunch back? Invent your ownstory as you spin the gears and watch the mechanism come to life.

Clock towers occupied a central place in the life of medieval and RenaissanceEuropean cities. Invented in the 11th century, clock towers could sound thealarm in case of emergency; call people to worship, weddings or funerals; putthe wealth or importance of a city on public display; and more prosaically, lettownsfolk know what time it was, in an age when most people didn't own a watchor have a clock at home. Clock towers often featured interesting decorativeelements and innovative engineering in the clockworks. Most medieval andRenaissance clock towers have been lost to time, war, or modernization, butthere are still a few that survive in European cities—for example the Torredell'Orologio in Venice's St. Mark's Square, the Prague Astronomical Clockwith its procession of twelve apostles, or the Zytglogge in Bern,Switzerland.

The Old Clock Tower adds to our collection of fun mini-models and originaldesktop 3d puzzles and DIY mechanical models, designed with a steampunksensibility. This mini-model fits in the palm of your hand, and is an easybuild, with only 44 parts and an estimated construction time of 1 hour, makingit suitable for all ages and levels of experience. No glue or special tools arerequired to assemble this model kit—just snap the pieces together (afterlightly sanding and lubricating the moving gears with the included wax),following the detailed, illustrated instructions. Everything you need forassembly comes right in the box. A simple build, but the results are amazingand will have you wanting to build more, and more challenging Ugears woodenpuzzles and models.

The Ugears model Clock Tower will appeal to those who love history,architecture, clocks, and those who enjoy 3D puzzles and lightly-challenging butrewarding DIY projects. Build it with your kids for a fun family activity. Pairthe Old Clock Tower with the Steampunk Clock and the Vintage Alarm Clock tostart your collection of Ugears decorative clocks. The Old Clock Tower is a fun,simple DIY project, a great gift idea for any age, and will make an attractiveaddition to your home or office decor. Bring a bit of Renaissance character toyour desktop with this attractive wooden decorative clock and its cast ofcharacters.

Specifications:

• Model size: 15.9 × 10.2 × 12 in(200 × 97 × 52mm)
• Package size: 14.9 × 6.7 × 1.3 in(210 × 92 × 23mm)
• Number of components: 44
• Estimated time of assembly: 1hour
• Level: Easy

Delivery

 

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