{"product_id":"walnut-padauk-clock","title":"Walnut Padauk Clock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome things are born looking exactly right. This is one of them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou didn't know you needed burnt orange and dark walnut on your wall until right now. But here you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe face of this clock is \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican Black Walnut\u003c\/strong\u003e — that deep, chocolate-brown hardwood that has anchored the finest American furniture since colonial times, the wood that gunsmiths chose for rifle stocks and cabinet makers chose for everything else. Here it runs in clean, horizontal strips, its grain moving quietly across the face the way good background music moves through a room. You hear it without quite listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the \u003cstrong\u003ePadauk\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives. Two bold bands of it, blazing across the walnut face in that color that can only be described as fire — a vermillion-orange so vivid and unapologetic that West African craftsmen have prized it for centuries. Right now, today, it is that color. Understand that it won't stay that way forever — Padauk is a living material, and over the years those bands will slowly deepen from flame-orange into a rich copper-amber, then a warm reddish-brown not unlike Brazilian Rosewood. Some people fight this process. The wiser position is to simply appreciate it at every stage. You are buying a clock that will look different — and arguably better — in ten years than it does today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe combination is, whether you recognize the reference or not, quintessentially mid-century modern: dark walnut, warm orange, clean horizontal lines, no ornamentation for its own sake. The \u003cstrong\u003esolid brass hour markers\u003c\/strong\u003e — twelve of them, inlaid, catching the light — are the only embellishment. The hands match. Everything is in accord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt \u003cstrong\u003e12 inches\u003c\/strong\u003e, this is the most versatile size in the collection. It fits a kitchen, an office, a bedroom wall, a narrow hallway where a larger clock wouldn't survive. Compact doesn't mean quiet. Not this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFace:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid American Black Walnut with Padauk bands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHour markers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid brass inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHands:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 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 Natural 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\u003eIt will look different in ten years. Better, actually.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Birch Woodworking Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46345360539819,"sku":"Wal_Pad_12","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/9296\/3499\/files\/Walnut-Padauk-w-Brass-12inch-Clock.png?v=1774299129","url":"https:\/\/maplebirchstudio.com\/products\/walnut-padauk-clock","provider":"Maple Birch Woodworking Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}