San Francisco, California wood wall clock in laser-cut Baltic birch, shown framed against a light wall

San Francisco, California 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 San Francisco wall clock: a 12 inch carved birch face with the bay, the bridges, and the city's watery geography etched beneath the hands.

San Francisco time is negotiated with the fog, which arrives on its own schedule through the etched gap at the Gate. The clock keeps the official hours anyway, over a miniature of the bay's whole theater: Alcatraz on its rock, Angel Island behind it, the bridges closing the frame.

Right for a kitchen, an office, or anywhere the marine layer's opinions are discussed daily.

The bay's full depths are carved in layers on the San Francisco Bay 3D chart.

  • 12 in diameter
  • 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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