Ugears Aero Clock

The time has come! For many years, we've been hearing the same question once again and once again from our loyal clients: "Can Ugears develop a working clock design set, one that in fact keeps accurate time?" A working mechanical wooden clock has long been our #1 "most-requested" new style. Your dream has likewise been our dream, and our group of devoted Ugears engineers and designers has been working hard to bring this shared dream into reality. Lastly, the wait is over. Ugears is happy to present the Aero Clock, a fully-functioning do it yourself wall clock with a pendulum.

The Aero Clock isn't just a 3D wooden mechanical design or a pretty showpiece. The Ugears Clock is an actual working clock that you can build yourself, install to a wall, end up, then see as the seconds, minutes, and hours tick by. The Aero Clock is an ingenious puzzle and do it yourself clock system, unlike any other clock. It is a charming piece of exact engineering that exposes the workings of a weighted pendulum clock to contractors and viewers alike. Like all Ugears models, it likewise has that extra touch of whimsy, to mesmerize and appeal our growing legion of fans.

This simple-yet-elegant Ugears clock is driven by the force of gravity taking down a weighted bag (you can fill the bag with sand or salt). Raise the bag on its wheels to wind the clock. As the weight slowly descends, it rotates a drive equipment, which then rotates an escape wheel through a reducer. The clock features an adjustable weighted pendulum that interacts with the escape wheel through the consistent tick-tock of the anchor system. You can adjust the clock's ticking action to the 2nd, by moving the pendulum's top and bottom weights. The reducer likewise transmits rotation to an hour disc and a minute disc. One of the interesting functions of our Aero Clock is that time is not read with rotating hands on a clock face, however rather a fixed tip shows time on the slowly-rotating, numbered hour and minute discs. Furthermore, these discs rotate counterclockwise—did you know that prior to standardization, some clocks moved clockwise while others moved counterclockwise? In the function of "cuckoo,” the Ugears Aero Clock features a model hot air balloon. The suspended balloon quickly descends when the hour strikes, then slowly rises once again throughout the next hour.

The theme of the Aero Clock is early aeronautics. Travel back in time to the dawn of flight and the "balloon-mania" that seized France and England in 1783 on the occasion of the first complimentary aerial trip in a balloon. This was followed 2 years later on by the first aerial crossing of the English Channel by intrepid aeronauts Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries. We enjoy this wooden design clock's steampunk sensibility and spirit of adventure, and we think you will too! Imagine yourself a discoverer of new horizons and a conqueror of the 4 winds. The case and appealing wooden clock system represent an airbase situated among the clouds, where breezes blow and filtered rays of sunshine dapple the equipment, while you, in the function of aeronaut, launch a new trip of exploration on the hour.

The Ugears wooden design clock set celebrates the function of clocks in exploration. Did you know the issue of computing longitude, crucial to accurate navigation at sea, was solved with a clock? The idea was proposed by Dutch mathematician Gemma Frisius in 1530, however it wasn't up until the mid-18th century when English clockmaker John Harrison established a series of shipboard clocks so exact (accurate to within a ? of a second per day) that ship captains could, at last, compute their position at sea to within a couple of nautical miles. By understanding the precise time back in London (Greenwich Meridian Time, or GMT), and computing the time at present position with celestial observation, navigators might compute where they were on the earth's surface. Latitude had actually been solved by the Phoenicians as early as 600 B.C. with celestial numeration—measuring the altitude of the sun at midday, or the angle made in between the North Star (or other navigational stars) and the horizon. But the longitude issue would bedevil explorers for another 2,000 years. Harrison was eventually granted the £20,000 first prize (approximately $1.5 million today) established in Parliament's Longitude Act of 1714, after demonstrating the accuracy of his masterful clocks at sea. Now you too can end up being a clockmaker, with the Ugears Aero Clock design kit!

Released at a minute when the world seems to have actually decreased, the Ugears Aero Clock, a wood wall clock with a pendulum that you build yourself, is both time-full and ageless in its easy sophistication. This lovely and functional wooden wall clock design is for horologists, for enthusiasts, for explorers, for creatives and romantics of every stripe, anyone who is prepared for new obstacles and prepared to take threats. If you've ever looked up at the sky and idea, "I wish to exist!" or took a look at a pendulum clock and questioned, "How does that work?" then the Ugears Aero Clock is for you.

As you build the Aero Clock, a wood wall clock with a pendulum, you will discover the basic principles behind clockworks, how the steadying impact of a swinging pendulum operates through a rocking anchor, locking and opening the gears on an escapement one second at a time, consequently regulating the (slow) descent of a weight as it drives both power gears and timekeeping gears.

The Ugears' Aero Clock with a pendulum is a splendid puzzle and the perfect family project. When you interact to assemble this do it yourself wooden clock design set, you will experience the satisfaction of building something together and not just any design, however an actual working watch. Afterward, you'll have a beautiful item for the house, something your family can enjoy together as time goes by.

The Ugears Aero Clock with a pendulum is a new and interesting addition to the Ugears collection of interesting mechanical models, 3D puzzles, game devices, wooden puzzle boxes, kids's toys, and education STEM Laboratory design kits.

Model Size: 29.5 x 18.5 x 6.5 in
Bundle size: 14.9 x 6.7 x 2.0 in
Variety of parts: 320
Level: Difficult
Assembly Time: 11 hours
Recommended Age: 14+
Kit weight: 3.00 lbs

Manufacturer: UGears