21.09.2008 07:51 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

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

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets 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 a

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