Mr. Hamilton Clock

This handcrafted mechanical clock is derived from various parts including a 1920s watchman’s clock assembly, tripod legs from antique surveyor's instrument, 19th century clock mechanism, and other antique and vintage parts. The Mr. Hamilton Clock is key wound and runs for about five days on a winding.

As a child, San Francisco Bay Area artist Stephen Kowalski loved to take took his toys apart to see how they worked; oftentimes reassembling them into something completely different. As an award-winning graphic designer and industrial designer, Kowalski had the opportunity to create items both big and small—from the huge scoreboard clock at San Francisco Giants’ Oracle Park, to smaller useful items of imagination. Today, he works with antique and vintage mechanical, aircraft, nautical, and other decorative parts to create extraordinary clocks, lamps, and furniture. Each item is expertly crafted by hand so no two pieces are the same. As much as possible, vintage screws, nuts, and other hardware are used in assembly as an homage to a bygone era of creative wonder.