THE ECLECTIC FUSION EMPORIUM
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Thank you for your interest in the Steampunk Chromachron, a slightly quirky way of approximating the time.
Originally conceived as the 'Colour-Time' clock sculpture at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, architect Tian Harlan is responsible for the communication system 'Chromachron' (Chroma=Color ; Chronos=Time) which he originally conceived in 1971.
` Timekeeping is approximated with a rotating disk revolving around a colored timezone. Rotation is gauged by motion without demarcation of minutes or seconds. Each color represents an hour and as the cutaway passes through each - time is visualized, as he hoped, with less rigidity. Detailed in Pieter Doensen's book 'Watch - History of the Modern Wristwatch' as the 'anti-stress watch' freeing us from the 'dictatorship of exact time.'
The hours are assigned the following colours:
12:00 yellow
01:00 orange
02:00 pink
03:00 red
04:00 lilac
05:00 violet
06:00 blue
07:00 green
08:00 turquoise
09:00 brown
10:00 ochre
11:00 beige
How to Read the Chromachron?
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On a convention clock time is shown by hands and numerals. On a Chromachron, the face is not a dial but a color-time-circle, over which a black mask revolves with a slice cut out as large as a color segment. The mask revolves at the speed of one color section per hour. The mask cut-out indicates the time.
For example, if the cutout is completely filled by yellow, it is 12:00 noon. The more of the following color uncovered, the nearer it is to the next hour. More time reading examples:
Examples:
12:00 means yellow,
12:30 means half yellow, half orange,
12:45 means 1/4 yellow, 3/4 orange.
The Clock features a user menu for its various settings and while these are fairly self-explanatory, we have provided simple instructions below:
1) To open the clock controls, simply click anywhere on the clock.
2) The Main Menu provides the user with the following Options:
a) DST On/Off - Toggles Daylight Saving, [Default = Off]
b) -1 - Increments Time Zone negatively from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT - Default)
c) +1 - Increments Time Zone positively from GMT
d) OK - Closes Menu System
Note the current Time Zone and Settings are displayed at the top of the Menu.
If you have any problems or wish for Enhancements, please contact Artful Hammerer via Notecard. Please Note, Enhancements will be considered for future upgrades, Updates will be made available to existing owners free of charge.
Enjoy, Yours Sincerely Artful Hammerer
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