Original Kilburg Geochron Topographical - Alder Veneer

🌍 Original Kilburg Geochron Topographical — Alder Veneer

The Mechanical World Clock That Reveals Time as Geography

The Original Kilburg Geochron is a landmark of mechanical timekeeping—an instrument that lets you see time unfolding across the Earth. Finished in Alder veneer, this Topographical edition brings a lighter, contemporary warmth to the Geochron’s iconic form, making it equally at home in modern offices, academic spaces, and refined interiors.

At first glance, it appears as a framed world map. In motion, it becomes a living model of the planet.

🕰️ A Living Map of the World

Unlike conventional clocks, the Geochron is a continuous mechanical display that mirrors the Earth’s rotation in real time.

• Endless Moving Map — a colour-rich world map (approx. 2 × 3 ft) glides smoothly from left to right, driven in synchrony with the planet

• Day–Night Boundary — instantly identify where the sun is rising, setting, or overhead anywhere on Earth

• Legal Time Zones — all recognised boundaries are clearly marked with dark blue lines

• Global Reference Letters — time zones converge at lettered markers along the top edge, denoting standard zones and international short-wave radio prefixes

Time becomes visual, intuitive, and geographic.

🌐 What the Geochron Displays

The Original Kilburg Geochron continuously illustrates:

• ✔ Legal time zones worldwide

• ✔ Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

• ✔ Greenwich Apparent Time

• ✔ Local Apparent Time (any location)

• ✔ Exact moments of sunrise and sunset

• ✔ Duration of daylight across latitudes

• ✔ The Sun’s meridian passage

• ✔ The Sun’s equation of time

• ✔ Degrees of latitude and longitude

It functions simultaneously as a precision instrument, an educational resource, and a statement piece.

🪵 Alder Veneer — Light, Natural, Contemporary

The Alder veneer cabinet offers a clean, natural finish with subtle grain and warm tone. It pairs beautifully with the detailed Topographical map, giving this Geochron a lighter, modern presence while retaining the gravitas of a serious scientific instrument.

Finished with precision moulding and crafted to museum-grade standards, the cabinet elevates the Geochron from clock to architectural feature.

⚙️ Handcrafted to Order — Built for You

Each Original Kilburg Geochron is individually built to order. When placing your order, you’ll select:

• Trim Colour — Black, Gold, or Silver, framing the face, time band, and date band

• Time Band Format — 12-hour or 24-hour display along the top of the map

Once confirmed, your Geochron is assembled, calibrated, and prepared for delivery.

⏱️ Lead Time: Please allow 2–3 weeks for completion and delivery.

📐 Specifications

🎯 Ideal For

• Executive offices and modern boardrooms

• Universities, research centres, and observatories

• Collectors of mechanical and scientific instruments

• Global organisations coordinating across time zones

• Interiors seeking a refined, intellectually engaging focal point

🌟 More Than a Clock

The Original Kilburg Geochron Topographical — Alder Veneer transforms time from abstraction into experience—revealing daylight, geography, and the rhythm of the Earth in one elegant, continuous motion.

Bring the living world to your wall and watch time move exactly as the planet does.