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Os primeiros relógios alemães foram desenvolvidos em meados do século XVII, precisamente no ano de 1640, são originários de uma região montanhosa chamada Floresta Negra, no Sudoeste da Alemanha.
Naquela época, moradores dessa região fabricavam os produtos artesanalmente dentro de suas casas, em virtude do rigoroso inverno que não permitia praticar outra atividade comercial. No curto período de verão, eles deixavam suas casas e iam vender suas artes em toda Europa, Ásia e América.
No ano de 1750, um artesão local, Franz Anton Ketterer, adaptou dois foles, utensílio destinado a produzir vento, ao relógio, para produzir duas notas musicais, originava-se então o famoso som do cuco.
Aspectos da tradição local são retratados nos relógios, como caças, animais típicos, lides domésticas (serrador, lenhador, ordenha, etc.) e o próprio pássaro cuco.
Estes relógios, ainda hoje são esculturados artesanalmente em madeira (principalmente carvalho). Em suas máquinas, a mesma tecnologia empregada no século XVII, com mecanismos totalmente em bronze (não enferruja) e funcionamento através de pesos. Além do som do cuco, muito deles possuem músicas e movimentos, fazendo com que esta arte torne-se ainda mais encantadora.
Muitas pessoas relatam histórias de relógios cucos que atravessaram gerações, pertencentes a seus avós ou bisavós, tendo a mesma precisão e funcionamento ao longo dos anos.
Estes relógios têm a difícil missão de resgatar conceitos antigamente muito valorizados, como o trabalho artesanal, a relação com a natureza, a união familiar, e principalmente, conservar esta tradição e cultura em meio ao desenvolvimento tecnológico sobrenatural em que vivemos.
Youghal Clock Gate Cloud Animation - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyO4ZitS8T8 - Youghal Clock Gate Cloud Animation by Kieran McCarthy - www.midaza.com
"Não existe nada de completamente errado no mundo, mesmo um relógio parado, consegue estar certo duas vezes por dia."
- Paulo Coelho
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"There is nothing completely wrong in the world , even a stopped clock can be right twice a day."
- Paulo Coelho
So back in october maybe, I went out and took some pictures at night and it was awesome because I'm weird like that B)
I had intended to post some of them back then but then completely forgot! so here are some of the better ones I got.
A tad out of focus, but I kind of like that in this case. Kind of gives it an eery feel
I bought a cheap tape recorder made by this company around 50 years ago. It had the same smell that this clock had which I purchased recently.
I recropped a bunch of photos that I missed the first time around to make them squared circles for a clocks mosaic
the famous clock tower and beach in collioure harbour made famous by fauvism artist Matisse and derain icm shot
This article is about The New Jersey Colgate clock. For the Indiana Colgate Clock, see Colgate Clock (Indiana).
The Colgate Clock is an octagonal clock in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, with a diameter of 50 feet (15.24 meter), and it faces the Hudson River. It is currently situated 400 meters south of the former site of the headquarters of consumer products conglomerate Colgate-Palmolive, which was until the 1980s based in Jersey City and maintained by John A. Winters from the 1930's until his retirement in 1976.
The current Colgate Clock was built in 1924 to replace an earlier clock designed by Colgate engineer Warren Day and constructed by the Seth Thomas Clock Company for the centennial of the Colgate Company in 1906. The original clock was relocated to a Colgate factory in Clarksville, Indiana.
As of 2005, the Colgate Clock stands on an otherwise empty lot; all of the other old buildings in the complex were demolished in 1985, when Colgate left New Jersey. The lot is located on the Hudson River waterfront and the clock itself is 100 meters south of the Goldman Sachs Tower, the largest skyscraper in the state of New Jersey. The construction of that building in the early 2000s forced a relocation of the clock southward to its current location. At the time of the relocation the size of the Colgate advertisement attached to it was reduced to comply with the Hudson River No Billboard law. As a part of the relocation agreement Goldman Sachs now maintains the clock.
When you're watching the left hand clock on the Musee d'Orsay, the people in the clock are watching you. One of the best sneak views in Paris.
In the lobby of 55 Broadway
Taken during a tour of 55 Broadway, the headquarters of London Underground and London's first skyscraper.
The building was designed by Charles Holden (1875-1960), and constructed between 1927-29. The building was the tallest in London until 1932 (when it was superseded by Senate House, another of Holden's sites).
55 Broadway was the headquarters for the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL), and later London Transport, although operations are now planned to move to other sites.
The art deco building is a cruciform design, ten storeys high, and faced with Portland stone.
Another junk store buy, $30. needed key and pendulum. Works great, keeps good time, sounds beautiful. Missing glass bezel. German I think.