Geochron Standard World Clock (Black Goatskin with Silver Trim)

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Product Description The Geochron is the finest mechanical world clock ever made. A brilliant display of global time that captures the moment of sunrise and sunset in sync with the Earth – in real time. With a moving 41” LED backlit museum quality geopolitical or topographical map, the Geochron follows the days, months and seasons with 300 moving parts – a visual feast of terrestrial movement displayed in the White House, NASA, and exceptional homes around the world. From the Manufacturer A Beautiful Time Machine The Geochron is a precision work of art – with over 300 components and servos moving in sync with the Earth’s orbit and 23.4 degree axial tilt. LED lighting projects the sun’s movement on to highest quality lithographic maps. At 31 pounds, it’s a substantial piece of precision engineering. Bring the Earth to your world. Bring the wonder and beauty of terrestrial movement to your home, and conversations of how people have experienced the world. In addition to the White House, Pentagon, and NASA, this photogenic world clock is seen in famous movies like Harrison Ford’s Patriot Games, Angelina Jolie’s Salt, Sean Connery’s Hunt for Red October, and currently in the MTAC Room of CBS’s NCIS. Mr. Bill Nye the Science Guy in the New York Times. He owns two. Share a rich array of ten global time indicators including: Legal and Greenwich Time Zones, Moment of Sunrise and Sunset, the Sun’s Analemma and Equation of Time, and Local Apparent Time. Geopolitical or Topographical Mapsets The rich Topographical map is a “view from space” with deserts, oceans, and icy expanses, plus the ocean’s contours in brilliant blue. The Geopolitical mapset is the way human’s see it: hundreds of countries, thousands of cities – from densely populated Europe, to the wide expanses of North America. Both maps show all local and global time zones. About the Startup Describe your product in 3 words.That’s easy – It’s the only one. More specifically, the only mechanical geographicHow did you come up with the idea for this product?We found one of the early Geochron machines, invented in 1964, and set about to improve on it with modern materials and maps… but the engineering and charm is essentially the same. Every one is handmade in our shop in Portland, Oregon. What makes your product special?It’s such an unusually beautiful display of an eternal motion that people get very attached to it. Even decades later, their children will call us asking questions about their parents’ old Geochron. I think people connect with it because the Earth is such a personal symbol for us, wherever you travel and live… it affects the way you feel about a Geochron. What has been the best part of your startup experience?The very precise engineering takes some skill, and for those of us on the team who are used to tech… it takes more patience to get it dialed in. But in doing so, we’re proud of what we’re bringing to a new generation of Geochron owners. We all know the clock is something special.