Hilton Head, carved into a tide and time clock
Tide on one hand, time on the other, over carved birch.
“Beautiful piece, expertly crafted. Packed well and arrived in perfect condition.”
Mark S., Hudson, OH. Verified buyer
A tide and time clock for Hilton Head: a 16.5 inch carved birch face with the island, Calibogue Sound, and Broad Creek etched in, one movement keeping the hour and another tracking the pull of the moon.
Details
- Dimensions
- 16.5 in diameter
- Material
- Birch, hand-stained water
- Build
- Recessed layered face
- Detail
- Quartz tide and time movement, AA battery
- Soundings
- NOAA nautical survey data
About this piece
Hilton Head's seven-to-eight-foot tides remake the island twice a day. Broad Creek becomes navigable and then becomes mudflat, the sandbar gatherings assemble and disperse, and the dolphin tours time their strand-feeding watches to the drop. The tide hand rotates once every 12 hours and 25 minutes to match the lunar cycle, so after one setting against local high water it stays honest season after season, while the time hands keep the tee time and the dinner reservation.
It suits the wall by the garage door, above the beach wagon and the bike helmets.
The island's full water is carved in relief on the Hilton Head 3D chart.
- 16.5 in diameter, tide and time movements
- Set the tide hand once at local high tide
- Laser-etched birch face, AA battery, ready to hang
- Free next-business-day shipping on orders placed by 2 PM EST
- 14-day returns
Shipping and returns
Orders placed by 2 PM EST ship the next business day, free anywhere in the US, with tracking.
14-day returns if the size or frame is not right for the room.
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How the water becomes wood
One hand on this wall answers to the moon, not the hour.
The tide hand turns once every 12 hours and 25 minutes, the lunar cycle. Set it at your local high tide once and it tracks from there, over the carved, hand-stained shoreline of Hilton Head.
For the wall you pass on the way down to the water.
Mudroom, kitchen, the wall above the boat keys. Birch face, hand-stained sea, quartz movement, one AA battery, ready to hang.
From the people who hung one
14 reviews, 4.9 average
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