I like the idea of making a really big clock – in fact I’ve got ideas for several – so I was delighted to hear about the special offer on giant wall clock kits from Clockparts.
With one of these kits you can make a clock that is 3 feet and more across. Now that’s a big wall clock, and you could make one of these impressive timepieces really easily.
The great thing from a design point of view is that the movement itself is (a) small enough not to get in the way of whatever you want to design and (b) runs off a single battery and is a piece of cake to install.
At the moment these large clock movements are reduced to only $23.99 – which is an absolute bargain. Full details here.
I’ve order several – and I’ve already started work on some ideas for nice big clocks that they’ll be perfect for. As soon as I’ve got them together I’ll share some plans. Excuse me if it takes a while – I’m in France so they’ll probably take a few days to get here!
You might even want to think about this from a business point of view. Have a look at how much a large clock will cost you. I’ve seen them from around $90 to over $400 and I strongly suspect, by the description, that they’re using these easy-to-fit $23.99 large clock movements. Now that’s profitable, isn’t it – sometimes size matters!
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