John Taylor, an inventor, has recently presented Corpus Christi College in Cambridge U.K. with his latest endeavor, the Corpus Clock & Cronophage. It took Taylor 5 years and about $1.8 million to create this magnificent timepiece.
Designed specifically for the exterior of Corpus Christi College’s new library, the Corpus Clock is both a radical new timepiece and a work of art. It is roughly four feet in diameter, has no hands or digital numbers, and has a time-eating beast (chronophage) perched on its uppermost vantage point. And serving as a reminder that time is fleeting, the chronophage is constantly in motion with slow-blinking eyes, a snapping jaw and a stinging tail.
The clock is a masterpiece, melding an 18th century mechanical movement with some 21st century tech to become a truly unique, Steampunk-style chronograph.
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