Cape May, New Jersey wood wall clock in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

Cape May, New Jersey Wood Wall Clock | Carved Birch Lake Map Clock

$ 74.00
12 in diameter
Birch, hand-stained water
Layered shoreline face
Laser-etched contours, AA battery
Soundings: NOAA nautical survey data
How the Water Becomes Wood

The face is the water itself, holding regular hours.

  1. ChartThe shoreline is taken from a bathymetric chart of the water.
  2. CutThe face is laser-cut birch with a hand-stained water layer beneath.
  3. EtchContours, depths, and place names are burned into the surface.
  4. RunA single AA battery drives the movement, and it arrives ready to hang.

A Cape May wall clock in carved birch: the cape, the harbor, and the point etched beneath the hands of America's oldest seaside resort.

Cape May keeps Victorian hours, porch mornings, beach afternoons, lighthouse sunsets, and this clock presides over them with the town's whole geography in miniature: the harbor, the point where bay meets ocean, the beachfront blocks that have hosted summer since before the Republic finished its first century.

It suits a gingerbread hallway or any home that wishes it had one.

The cape's full depths are carved on the Cape May 3D chart.

  • Laser-etched birch face, hand-stained water
  • Runs on a single AA battery, ready to hang
  • Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
  • 14-day returns
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