{"product_id":"maple-sapele-gear-clock","title":"Maple Sapele Gear Clock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomewhere between a factory floor and a ballroom. Right where it belongs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe great design movements of the twentieth century were never as far apart as the textbooks suggest. Art Deco arrived in the 1920s dressed in geometry and glamour — all chevrons, sunbursts, and the confident belief that industry could be beautiful. The industrial aesthetic followed close behind, making the argument that beauty could be industrial. Exposed gears. Raw materials. Brass fittings left in plain sight not despite what they are, but because of it. This clock does not choose between the two. It borrows from both, without apology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe face is \u003cstrong\u003eBird's Eye Maple\u003c\/strong\u003e — that rare, luminous wood whose grain is interrupted by hundreds of small, tight knot-eyes scattered across its pale, creamy surface like instruments on a panel or rivets on a hull. It shimmers when the light moves. It is, on its own, quietly extraordinary. Here it is given a frame worthy of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat frame is \u003cstrong\u003eSapele\u003c\/strong\u003e — an African hardwood from the tropical rainforests stretching across Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and the Congo, where trees grow to 200 feet tall and take a century to mature before the woodworker ever sees them. It is denser than mahogany, harder than oak, and possesses a wavy, interlocked grain that catches light in a way that makes it appear almost iridescent — reddish-brown one moment, amber the next. Here, that ring has been cut into twelve gear teeth — precisely spaced, deeply scalloped — transforming the outer frame into something that looks pulled from the inner workings of a Victorian clock tower or the drive mechanism of a machine that has yet been invented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween each tooth, a \u003cstrong\u003esolid brass cabinet screw\u003c\/strong\u003e is set flush into the Sapele — twelve of them, one per hour, visible and intentional. In steampunk and industrial design, the fastener is not hidden. It is celebrated. These brass screws are both functional and declarative: \u003cem\u003ethis thing was built, not manufactured.\u003c\/em\u003e The hands are matte black. Everything else is warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFace:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid Bird's Eye Maple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOuter ring:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid Sapele, gear-tooth profile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardware:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid brass cabinet screws × 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHands:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matte black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMovement:\u003c\/strong\u003e Precision quartz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-applied, oil-based finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandmade\u003c\/strong\u003e — each clock is one of a kind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuilt, not manufactured. There's a difference, and you can see it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Birch Woodworking Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342216941739,"sku":"Gear_18","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/9296\/3499\/files\/Gear-Clock.png?v=1774232746","url":"https:\/\/maplebirchstudio.com\/products\/maple-sapele-gear-clock","provider":"Maple Birch Woodworking Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}