Wilhelm Clock

This one-of-a-kind clock is handcrafted from a hand-wound automobile dashboard clock circa 1915 on a base made from a 19th century postal scale. It also includes parts reclaimed from an old magnifying glass. This mechanical clock is hand wound, and will run 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.