Old Clock Tower

The Ancient Clock Tower from Ugears brings a charming medieval atmosphere to your home or office. This beautiful DIY wooden clock tower model is a clock tower mechanism with a clock face, moving gears, a moving pendulum, whimsical characters and a weather vane on top. Slide the large gear to set the clock hands, pendulum and weather vane in motion. The weather vane is a trumpeter clinging to a banner blowing in the wind. For comical effect, a man is suspended from the clock's rotating minute hand, hanging on for dear life. Another man climbs a ladder beneath the clock - perhaps a cleaner or a clock repairman? Behind the clock a suspicious-looking figure enters from a hidden door - a thief storing his loot in the clock tower, or perhaps a hunchback, bringing back his lunch? Make up your own story as you turn the gears and watch the mechanism come to life.

Clock towers occupied a central place in the life of medieval and Renaissance European cities. Invented in the 11th century, clock towers could sound the alarm in times of emergency; summon people to worship, weddings, or funerals; display the wealth or importance of a city; and, more prosaically, let citizens know what time it was, at a time when most people did not own a clock or watch at home. Clock towers often featured interesting decorative elements and innovative engineering in their mechanisms. Most medieval and Renaissance clock towers have been lost to time, war, or modernization, but there are still a few that survive in European cities, such as the Clock Tower in St. Mark's Square in Venice, the Astronomical Clock in Prague with its procession of twelve apostles, or the Zytglogge in Bern, Switzerland.

The Ancient Clock Tower joins our collection of fun mini models and original desktop 3D puzzles and DIY mechanical models, designed with a steampunk sensibility. This mini model fits in the palm of your hand and is easy to build, with only 44 parts and an estimated build time of 1 hour, making it suitable for all ages and experience levels. No glue or special tools are needed to assemble this.

The Ugears Clock Tower model will appeal to those who love history, architecture, clocks and those who enjoy 3D puzzles and slightly challenging but rewarding DIY projects. Build it with your kids for a fun family activity. Pair the old clock tower with the Steampunk clock and the vintage alarm clock to start your collection of Ugears decorative clocks.

Model Size: 20*9.7*5.2cm
Number of components: 44
Estimated assembly time: 1 hour
Level: Easy