Stephen Hawking unveils the most morbid, amazing $1.8m clock you'll ever see

We'll warn you in advance, this is only for those who dig the weird, all things Stephen Hawking or clock-making in general. This £1 million ($1.83 million) timepiece took seven years to completely construct, and the initiative was led by inventor John Taylor who designed it in tribute to John Harrison (only the world's greatest clockmaker, it's said). The bizarre Corpus Clock visually explains that it relies on grasshopper escapement to function, and to let you know that time can never be regained once lost, that beast on top actually gobbles down time every 60th second. Oh, and every hour, on the hour, the sound of a "chain dropping into a wooden coffin" is played to really pound home the "time is a destroyer" concept. Thanks for the reminder, Dr. Grim.

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[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2008 2:32PM]

@ last 2 spam comments

how about NO :D

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2008 2:57PM]

Morbid? Wierd? Man, this is one of the nerdiest thing in centuries and you're freaked out by it Engadget? Would you actually NOT want this thing? Who are you people?

[yopladas Posted Sep 21st 2008 5:38PM]

haha i asked when i first saw it on youtube (this was before it was on engadget) where it's for sale... I thought it was a little clock gotten at Target or something... well there'll be a cheap chinese version in a couple of years...

[conscious Posted Sep 21st 2008 5:56PM]

stephen hawking looks completely uninterested there.

[CaptSaltyJack Posted Sep 21st 2008 7:06PM]

Clive Barker called, he wants his clock back.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 21st 2008 9:39PM]

Creepy creepy creepy.