patrick_y
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It's VERY SPECIAL.
If you go to this website: https://www.mikieleta.ch/
You can see the individual clocks he's made. Herr Eleta is around 70 years old and has only made about 42 clocks in his entire career! I call him the Philippe Dufour of clocks! I also call Dufour the Miki Eleta of watches!
Many of his pieces belong to Royal collections (I'm told several pieces, but he's too modest, so he doesn't want to go into that, and he emphasizes he appreciates people whom he meets who love his work, not just have the money to buy it). Herr Eleta's business manager also is bound by secrecy, so he won't divulge any details, but I'm told "several" pieces are in Royal collections.
The clocks are whimsical. Here are some more posts we have on WPS about this artist:
This clock not only shows the time, but has a random horse race automaton. This horse race device has a "randomizer" which makes sure a different horse wins every time!
This clock has a lot going on. But the outer ring also shows the months. Moon phase, solar positioning. It's especially amazing because its grand size makes it especially interesting!
All pieces are designed by hand without the use of a computer. Math is even done by hand and a graphing calculator. No computer is used to design the clocks. ALSO! No CNC machine nor computerized machine is used to MAKE THE CLOCK! He makes every component by hand himself. He doesn't have any CNC machines in his atelier.
This clock has six gongs to strike the time. The gong strikes are randomized, and the sequence won't repeat for over 100 years!
I love classical music and am an LP collector. Artwork using clocks is rare, most of which is Haydn's Symphony No. 101 "Clock". So far, there have been compositions with a mainspring motif, but designs that focus on parts are rare, so let's introduce it.
Side by side with the skeleton model where the parts inside can be seen clearly This is the pamphlet for the CD conducted by Abbado This is an LP jacket with a mainspring motif. Conducted by Monteux (VPO’s excellent performance) Monteux as before. This i...
We can share some Edition No.6 and talk about it next time!
Which one of these clocks is your favorite?
It's VERY SPECIAL.
If you go to this website: You can see the individual clocks he's made. Herr Eleta is around 70 years old and has only made about 42 clocks in his entire career! I call him the Philippe Dufour of clocks! I also call Dufour the Miki Eleta of watches! Many...
The artwork pictured on the first cover above is a work from Friedrich Meckseper, a German artist who passed away in 2019.
I used to have a poster from this artwork for many years in my nursery. de.wikipedia.org
The reason why they're all clocks and not wristwatches...
I just noticed something after reading your post where you mention none of these LP covers have wristwatches. That's because wristwatches on their own aren't necessarily "beautiful." Wristwatches have lugs. Which means that they don't look right if they'r...
What a delightful hobby and collecting pairing!
"The Clock" Symphony can be the Classical soundtrack of our forum. And when we want to go to the Pops, Leroy Anderson's "The Syncopated Clock" will do!
