To some clockmakers, this is a shame, as the escapement can be an elegant and mesmerizing piece of machinery, so [Brett] brought his rolling ball escapement to the exterior of this custom clock.

We’ve seen it all, or at least we thought we had, and then up popped this purely mechanical digital clock that uses nothing but steel balls to display the time. And we absolutely love it!

The conclusion of the ball drop has become the annual signal that the clock has struck midnight on ... For Britain, the maritime power of the day, the question of the time was an important one ...

It’s a clock that using Flyte’s signature mag-lev technology to hover a small metal ball over the wooden surface of the clock. And unlike the earlier Flyte products, Story can float the ball ...