Time

Multi-feature clock radio with projector, soothing nature sounds and room thermometer in brushed aluminum case

It’s so much more than just a clock radio. The new ICF-C717PJ from Sony is packed with great features to help you wake up and drift off in even greater comfort. Compact and sleekly styled with an elegant brushed aluminium finish, the Sony ICF‑C717PJ looks great in any bedroom. It’s also the first clock radio from Sony with a built-in projector. Just twist the lens module to any angle and beam a super-sized time display onto any wall or ceiling for comfortable viewing.Read More

Quantum-logic clock loses a second in 3.7 billion years

Scientists have built a clock which is 37 times more precise than the existing international standard.

The quantum-logic clock, which detects the energy state of a single aluminum ion, keeps time to within a second every 3.7 billion years. The new timekeeper could one day improve GPS or detect the slowing of time predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity.Read More

The Atmos clock may never need rewinding, getting its energy from small temperature changes and atmospheric pressure changes

Reinvented by Australian designer Marc Newson, its balanced design borders on minimalist. Its Baccarat crystal case houses a new movement, the Jaeger-LeCoultre 566 Calibre, which in addition to indicating the hours and minutes, also displays the month, equation of time and a splendid view of the night sky as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. It also includes an indication of the cardinal points and astrological signs.Read More

Clock-maker Roger Wood creates unique works of art with a variety of unusual materials.Read More

The USB Hourglass combines a sand timer with a rotating mechanism and an optical beam through the center of the timer to observe the falling sand. The amount of light reaching a detector is digitized at frequent intervals and processed by a microcontroller to determine when to rotate the hourglass.Read More

The spectator looking at Standard Time not only sees the time, but also the people constructing it. People who, with a stoic sense of duty, are wasting time on an apparently useless activity that fulfills only one function: to display time."Read More

Last year David Friedman published on his blog Ironic Sans an interesting design concept for something that he called The Bulbdial Clock. It's like a sundial, but with better resolution - not just an hour hand, but a minute and second hand as well, each given as a shadow from moving artificial light sources.Read More

The Shadow of Time wall-mounted clock is a cool timepiece that lets you read time by light. Designed by Ji Young Shon, the clock besides is also a unique way to illuminate a room.Read More

Richard Mille Tourbillon – $525,000

Most of these watches are more complicated than college calculus and have more history than many could learn in a lifetime. You might even need an engineering degree to figure out how they work. Regardless, all these watches (for one reason or another) are ridiculously cool and absurdly expensive.Read More

Simplicity is the main character we have seen from the innovative OLED clock. There are four OLED figures included, each of them is powered by an independent energy source and control panel.Read More