WIND & WATER, 2020

Wind & Water, a wall-mounted time-piece made from solid figured cherry, lignum vitae, & quilted maple, was completed in 2020.

Featuring a one-off 5’ x 3’ sculpted frame, hand-carved Harrisonian grasshopper escapement, & a seconds-beating pendulum, this piece took roughly 1,600 man-hours to create.

Every component, down to the screws, was made & finished in-house on manual equipment.

"... Hale's large-scale work eschews traditional tall-case clock architecture."

— HODINKEE - 1/5/21

"A sculptural spectacle in wood."

— SJX - 1/1/21

"... a masterpiece in both horological and woodworking terms."

— QUILL & PAD, 1/1/21

KL1, 2018

KL1, a privately commissioned timepiece more than 1 year in the making.

Handcrafted from solid quilted maple overlaid with a copper leaf patina, this piece features a rarely seen single-pivot grasshopper escapement, a very large sculpted frame, a dovetailed seconds-beating pendulum, & hundreds of individually inset gear teeth.

HODINKEE

SJX

NOW IN THE WORKS:

L1

Glass-housed, L1 is a weight-driven mechanical table clock that features a lunar phase complication, indicating the current phase of the moon via a rotating globe made from ebony & holly. A brass bell gently chimes the full moon each month.

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CUSTOM WORK

Bespoke timepieces have traditionally been the focus at Clockwright. These pieces, featuring great wheels as large as 34” in diameter, are designed & built to suit individual spaces, & can be made from almost any combination of hardwoods.

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B1

B1 is a hardwood timepiece that will be built in homage to the work of Martin Burgess, the primary motive force behind Clock B. This piece will feature a Harrison remontoire, maintaining power, grasshopper escapement, & several giant hardwood gears with Lignum Vitae teeth.

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Designed & built in the USA by:

Rick Hale