Pendulum | Nuno Teixeira
Pendulum by Nuno Teixeira is first and foremost a clean, delightfully simple reinterpretation of the grandfather clock of old. The designer states ‘Pendulum works as an ordinary pendulum wall clock, with a perpetual movement provided by the magnetic mechanism. Since no double weight-driven movement is needed, the clock is lighter and easy to install.’ Here is where there needs a little more explanation I think. Dissenting comments that I have read have doubted the feasibility of this ‘provided by the magnetic mechanism’ stating that it is not a viable alternative to the double weight. I just don’t see this. Or at least I see a possible solution.
Could it not be that the same battery which powers the LEDs that backlight the hands+pendulum, also powers an electromagnet, which turns on and off when needed? The pendulum passes by the magnet and it turns on, giving it a boost by repelling a conventional magnet imbedded within the pendulum? This is not definitely what powers it, but it seems to me that it could and should work.
All and all, nice clock.
courtesy of Nuno Teixeira
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