Ora ilLegale clock tips to compensate for daylight savings time

Genius. Pure genius. In order to save us all from smashing buttons on our digital alarm clocks or stripping the gears in our analog ones, designer Denis Guidone has dreamed up this masterpiece. The Ora ilLegale clock boasts no numbers and is obviously missing a significant portion of its base; these two factoids enable it to become the easiest clock to adjust to changes in daylight savings... well, ever. The best part? We're told that it'll actually hit production soon, though there's no indiciation of just how pricey it'll be. Not like it matters -- you're totally buying one, and you know it.

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[Tin @ Apr 18th 2009 9:19AM]

Very creative, true Genius!

[Samboini @ Apr 18th 2009 11:00AM]

The implications of ones cat accidentally knocking the clock forward or back an hour doesn't bare thinking about.

[guerro @ Apr 18th 2009 11:25AM]

It's Daylight Saving. Not Savings. No S on the end there. FYI

[Wwhat @ Apr 18th 2009 1:06PM]

I'm pretty sure it's 'bear thinking about' not 'bare'.

[BigD145 @ Apr 18th 2009 1:23PM]

"Genius" Would be getting rid of DST altogether. DST causes more lateness in employees than illness does. This particular clock also has the problem of having hands. I've met far too many people over the years that cannot read a clock with hands.

[michas_pi @ Apr 18th 2009 1:29PM]

@BigD145:

I tell those that can't read "hand" clocks to lrn2analog.

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Apr 18th 2009 1:41PM]

I, too, have met many people who could not read a "hand clock".

Those people were all in kindergarten.

[Tonicboy @ Apr 18th 2009 1:59PM]

I wouldn't quite call it genius. As Samboini pointed out, there are a hundred things that could accidentally tip this clock over and then *bam*, you're late for work one hour with no excuse. What would be a much better design is if that missing wedge was removable. Since the design is symetrical, you could attach the wedge to either side and then you would have a non-tilting flat base. Of course, you would have to print the ticks on both sides of the wedge.

[Tinu @ Apr 18th 2009 1:59PM]

Yah but there is small flaw which is the time will be 5 minutes off from the original time when the clock is fliped. For example if the time is 9:00 and you flip it to the right, the new time will be 10:05pm. LIke wise if the time is 9:15 and you flip it towards the left, the new time will be 8:10.

Still, quite a good concept though =).

[Tinu @ Apr 18th 2009 2:02PM]

Does it change colors when flipped?

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Apr 18th 2009 2:05PM]

@ BigD145

What kind of uptight company town are you on the manage side of? Daylight saving time gives people a semi-valid excuse to be late once a year. Some of us over-privileged americans need that.

[Danneh @ Apr 18th 2009 4:19PM]

@Tinu

No, if you flip the clock over, it will change one hour. If you look, 6 o'clock will always be at the base. If you change it, it'll either go forward one hour, or backward one hour.

Also, a little foldable stand in each 'base' would help.

[Danneh @ Apr 18th 2009 4:22PM]

@Tinu

Sorry, forgot to mention. It won't change 5 minutes, because it doesn't have the minute hand ;)

[霽月瀛台 @ Apr 19th 2009 2:03AM]

I feel hard to count the dail.

[Wwhat @ Apr 19th 2009 8:44AM]

Translated chinese is such a nice language, it really makes you think and is so poetic :)

[BigD145 @ Apr 19th 2009 3:00PM]

@pirate

I once worked for a hardware store that had only a manager and one employee to open the store in the morning. Things had to be brought out of the front of the store and most things required two people to pick up and move. Being late is not an option if you want to keep your job.

[霽月瀛台 @ Apr 20th 2009 12:45AM]

>>Wwhat
are you talking about my name?
I afraid google cannot translate it at all.

[Josh @ Apr 20th 2009 4:18PM]

people who are late because of dst should be fired anyway...first of all, it's on a saturday every year, so they would have to be such morons that they are an hour late/early for everything 2 days in a row and don't realize it - not to mention that every tv station and show would be showing the real time - and second of all, most modern devices (computers, cell phones, etc) auto correct the time for you

on a different note, dst should not be eliminated, standard time should, i prefer not getting out of work when it's dark out and it saves power

[BuddyBoy @ Apr 18th 2009 9:19AM]

"enable it to become the easiest clock to adjust to changes in daylight savings... well, ever."

Surly the easiest ones to change are the Radio controlled ones that change themselves?

[Prokanda @ Apr 18th 2009 10:23AM]

the only reason I even clicked "comments" was to see if someone had already put one about the auto-set out there.

bravo.

[TVGenius @ Apr 18th 2009 12:53PM]

No, the easiest ones are the ones here in Arizona WHERE THEY DON'T CHANGE. As it is, it's often 100+˚ at 10pm, why would we want it to be hot another hour?

[Lazarpandar @ Apr 18th 2009 4:09PM]

I never have to set my clock here in Hawaii, but when daylight savings happens it screws up the mental notes I have to take when I want to watch a certain show on tv.

"Okay new Man vs Wild at 8pm, that means 6pm."
*Tunes into the discovery channel at 6pm*
*Realizes daylight savings happened and Man vs Wild was on at 5*
WAUUGH

[NickBitch @ Apr 18th 2009 6:07PM]

@Lazarpandar

yeah, that was really crappy when i lived in Indiana, then we finally began observing DST and didnt have to switch between Central and Eastern time zones anymore.

[David @ Apr 18th 2009 9:20AM]

That is single handedly the most clever thing I have ever seen.

[Samboini @ Apr 18th 2009 11:01AM]

I would wholeheartedly disagree. Clever, but it gets one upped by many, many other objects.

[mian @ Apr 18th 2009 1:15PM]

Sliced bread, for instance.

It's a little cool, but what's with all the superlative?

[MARSHAK @ Apr 18th 2009 3:54PM]

indoor plumbing ftw.

also, i live in an area where DST is no observed. this clock is usesless to me. (saskatchewan)

[Kalamaty @ Apr 18th 2009 9:21AM]

This is pretty slick. Only problem is what about not perfectly leveled surfaces, carpets etc?

If it's not super expensive it could be a good talking piece though.

[NeoJew @ Apr 18th 2009 10:48AM]

It's not balanced on a pin. It sits on a flat surface, if you can't balance it on something, a normal clock wouldn't work there either.

[Homeboy @ Apr 18th 2009 9:24AM]

Too bad it's ugly.

[pete @ Apr 18th 2009 9:39PM]

too bad your ugly

[decapitor @ Apr 18th 2009 9:23AM]

Oh it doesn't automatically tilt itself? Not as cool.

[oceanstate8 @ Apr 18th 2009 9:27AM]

Unfortunately, when you spring ahead or fall back, your clock becomes 5 minutes fast or slow (respectively). Not a major inconvenience, but it does take away some of the cool factor.

[Brandon L @ Apr 18th 2009 2:05PM]

They could sold this by putting a slick digital minute display on the clock and just leave the hour hand.

[Oliver @ Apr 18th 2009 9:26AM]

Won't you be setting it back like... 1 hour and 5 minutes?

[Dopefish @ Apr 18th 2009 12:25PM]

Nope. Doesnt have a minute hand...

[joe23521 @ Apr 18th 2009 1:13PM]

Sure sacrificed a lot of regular clock features to avoid having to adjust the time twice a year...

[squished18 @ Apr 18th 2009 9:12PM]

Getting rid of the minute hand sounds like something Steve Jobs would do.

[mschaffer @ Apr 18th 2009 9:30AM]

Lame!

[arien617 @ Apr 18th 2009 9:30AM]

You don't lose 5 minutes.
There are no numbers on it for that reason alone ; ) The line at the top is 12, no matter which way it's tilted.

[Raitei @ Apr 18th 2009 9:34AM]

actually, you do
the hour hand moves back 1/12th of the clock face, or, and hour.
But at the same time, the minute hand is going to move back aswell, again, 1/1th of the clock face. Thats means it goes back an extra 5 minutes

[Raitei @ Apr 18th 2009 9:38AM]

sorry for the double post, but just look at the image they've given.
The hands are in the same place on both clocs (Except the clocks are tilted differently)

But the black clock shows a time of quarter to nine (incorrectly might i add, because the hour hand is in the wrong position for that)
The white clock on the other hand shows a time on ten to ten (again, incorrectly, the hour hand shouldn't be dead on 10)

So yeah, the difference between the two clocks is 1 hour 5 minutes....

and this isn't really a very functional system

[WilfordBrimley @ Apr 18th 2009 9:41AM]

Let's think about that for a moment.

Hour hand and minute hand are both on the 12. It's 12:00. Now tilt the thing for daylight saving. Hour hand and minute hand are both on the 1 now. It's 1:05.

Maybe they could have put the minute hand on a separate mechanism that can swing freely and has a bottom weight to maintain its orientation regardless of the tilt. But that would probably be very complicated to engineer. Instead, it looks like they solved the problem BY GETTING RID OF THE MINUTE HAND!

[Raitei @ Apr 18th 2009 9:42AM]

gah... one final comment.

I didn't notice there was no minute hand, i thought the minute and hour hands where at the same point, either way, it works, just wont be all that accurate when reading it

[kcdk99 @ Apr 18th 2009 9:35AM]

Nice little piece of art and clever idea; I wouldn't exactly call it brilliant. Not very functional as a clock. For one, there is no minute hand, so not very accurate. There is also the possibility of accidentally changing the time; what if your maid picks it up to dust around it and places it back down the wrong way? I for a change that only happens twice a year, I would think a more "permanent" changing mechanism would be in order.

[folar @ Apr 19th 2009 9:47AM]

If I could afford a maid I would have her change all my regular clocks and wouldn't need this one.

[Ethan @ Apr 18th 2009 9:34AM]

As long as you're not all that specific on evenings.

[Intrigue @ Apr 18th 2009 9:35AM]

Won't be all that "genius" when they get rid of daylight savings time

[kcdk99 @ Apr 18th 2009 9:43AM]

They should get rid of the whole DST thing... actually keep it permanently on DST. I hate when it gets dark so early in the evenings during the winter. In the Northern US it's cold, miserable, and dark by the time you get home from the office. Major contributor to SAD's.

[Funke, Tobias Dr. @ Apr 18th 2009 9:50AM]

I agree. Permanent DST. Besides, I think people are more active when there's more daylight, so maybe that would save some money in the long run on treatment for heart disease and diabetes.