And you thought knife collectors were crazy....

It's pretty amazing what the best of the old world craftsmen were capable of when they had the time and money to work on something like this device--using nothing more than clockwork mechanisms, no less!
 
Pretty nice piece of engineering though, this will probably apeal to watch nuts as well. If you look at the hours that went into it, its not really overpriced.
 
How about the Peacock Clock in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (the real one, in Russia!):

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http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/08/hm88_0_1_24_1.html

It was completed in 1772 (by an Englishman...) and weighs 660lbs.

"There are four creatures in motion on the clock. A dragon-fly jumping back and forth on a mushroom (which holds the small clock-face) marks off seconds.

But it is an owl which starts the mechanism moving each hour, by dint of singing four melodies written specially for the clock. The peacock steps in next. With regal aplomb it shows off its head, spreads its tail, and turns slowly around. Next in line is the cock, which raises its head and crows."

Beautiful.

maximus otter
 
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