Ugears Aero Wall Clock

The time has come! For years, we’ve heard the same question time and time again from our loyal customers: “Can Ugears make a working clock, one that really tells the correct time?” Your dream has also been our dream. Our team of dedicated Ugears engineers and designers has worked hard to make this shared dream a reality. At last, the wait is over. Ugears is proud to present the Aero Clock, a fully functional DIY wall clock with a pendulum.

This simple yet elegant Ugears clock is powered by the force of gravity acting on a weighted bag (you fill the bag with sand or salt). Lift the bag using the pulleys to wind up the clock. As the weight slowly descends, it turns a drive gear, which in turn rotates an escape wheel. The clock features an adjustable weighted pendulum connected to the escape wheel by the steady ticking of the anchor mechanism. You can adjust the clock’s ticking to the second by shifting the pendulum’s upper and lower weights. The reduction gear also transfers the rotation to an hour disc and a minute disc. One of the interesting features of our Aero Clock is that the time is not read from hands on a dial; instead, a fixed pointer indicates the time on the slowly rotating, numbered hour and minute discs. What’s more, these discs rotate counterclockwise. Did you know that before standardization, some clocks moved clockwise while others moved counterclockwise? In the role of “cuckoo,” the Ugears Aero Clock features a hot-air balloon model. The hanging balloon quickly descends when the hour strikes, then slowly rises again over the course of the next hour.

The Aero Clock is more than just a mechanical wooden 3D model or a beautiful showpiece. The Ugears clock is a real working clock that you build and hang up yourself, wind up, and then watch as the seconds, minutes and hours tick by. For anyone ready for a new challenge and willing to take risks. As you build the Aero Clock, a wooden wall clock with a pendulum, you’ll learn the basic principles behind clock movements and how the stabilizing effect of a swinging pendulum works through a rocking anchor that locks and unlocks the gears one second at a time. The (slow) descent of a weight is regulated as it drives both the “engine” and the timekeeping.

The Ugears Aero Clock with pendulum is a fantastic puzzle. When you build this DIY wooden clock model kit together, you’ll experience the satisfaction of building not just a model, but a real working timepiece. Afterwards, you’ll have a beautiful object in your home.

Dimensions: 75 x 47 x 16.5 cm
Package size: 37.8 x 17 x 5 cm
Number of pieces: 320
Estimated assembly time: 11 hours