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Produced in a limited edition of only 50 examples, TriPod is the minimalist table clock inspired by a collaboration between Swiss brands MB&F and L’Epée 1839
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A mosquito trapped in amber is the intriguing source of inspiration for TriPod, a mechanical device designed to revitalise the previously obsolete table clock, now given a new lease on life by the visionary imagination of MB&F by Diego Tamone
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T
he founding principle of biomimicry is to imitate the biological processes that are normally the private property of nature
herself and for her exclusive use only, to create technological objects whose purpose is to enhance and perfect human activity. It’s also an inspired motivation for the genius-tinged madness behind a timekeeping object that is the product of the fertile imagination of a Swiss brand with unconventional technical expertise and creativity. This visionary organisation has a firm belief in the future of table clocks, a species that is now almost extinct, reinterpreted with a futuristic design. Such creations are a speciality of the MB&F brand, and with a contribution from L’EpÊe 1839 (another illustrious Swiss company) it has given shape and substance to the TriPod. A timekeeping instrument with an animal look reinterpreted in robotic form, the conceptual descendent of an insect from a prehistoric age teleported into a post-contemporary reality. This unusual furnishing complement, 26cm
With a plated brass
high, 30cm in diameter and weighing 2.8 kilos, has
skeleton and legs, the
plated brass frame and legs and is powered by an
movement is manually-
eight-day, manually-wound mechanical movement
wound and the time
visible through a coloured acrylic body. The time
can be seen from any
is indicated by rotating discs on the upper surface,
angle through three
and the display is visible from every angle via
optical spheres acting as
three optical spheres acting as magnifying lenses.
magnifying lenses
Produced in a limited edition of fifty in three different colours. www.mbandf.com
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