Temporal Distortion

A collection of 24 whimsical clocks illustrate various mathematical and engineering concepts, and are just plain fun to watch.

From a digital clock based on an abacus, to an analog clock whose hands wind around a circle (tracing an involute spiral), these clocks will entertain and intrigue you.

Exercise your inner Salvador Dali by distorting your own clocks. Watch other clocks change shape as the minutes pass.

Challenge your inner mathematician with a clock whose seconds tick away Euclid’s proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.

Wake your inner engineer with a clock whose hands are driven by four-bar linkages.