Bertrand planes’ Life Clock: Strictly Personal!

Usually time pieces are too common and to be talked about, on the contrary some are good enough to catch your attention for their lone plan and features. Bertrand planes’ duration Clock inspects like any other elementary wall clock but rather than demonstrateing seconds, minutes and hours, it shows years, months and days. No, it’s not a clock that just displays a date, but its calibration is executed such that it can show age of a given person. The clock’s dial is at the start divided into ‘twelve’ the same gifts which are marked as multiples of ‘seven’, starting from ‘zero’. These chief markings represent years and each minor marking on the circular scale represent 6 days (approx.). This clock uses a ordinary clock mechanism which has been slowed down 61320 times.

To look at a clock that shows how old you are can surely be bleak for many people but then this seems to be a collector’s item from Antoine de Galbert’s vault.

Via: swissmiss

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