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14:17 MB&F MAD Gallery presents THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HIPPOCAMPUS | |
In a world
premiere at the MB&F M.A.D. Gallery, Zurich
clockmaker Miki Eleta will present his latest timepiece – HIPPOCAMPUS – his
largest creation to date. HIPPOCAMPUS is 2.8 metres high and features a musical
movement in which the melody will not repeat itself over a hundred years. THE
‘NON-CLOCKMAKER’ – CREATOR OF 28 CLOCKS "Nothing is
impossible. I’m not more intelligent than other people,” he says, "just more
tenacious.” Completely
self-taught, Miki Eleta has become a full-fledged clockmaker. He created his
own escapement called the ELETA-HEMMUNG and regulates many of Miki’s
complicated clocks. Six of Miki’s
unique pieces will be on exhibition at the MB&F M.A.D. Gallery from the 19th
of January until mid-February. The CONTINUUM
MOBILE is a timepiece powered by a falling weight and features a tourbillon
visible above the oblique axis. The weight powers the gear train, causing it to
advance. Miki calls the Continuum his "inspiration clock.” When he doesn’t have
it, he is lost. When he is lost for inspiration, a situation that occurs, by
his own admission, very rarely, Miki gazes at this clock. The winding mechanism
is located within the column and it is rewound using a key to generate 100
hours of power reserve. The PENTOURBILLON
is a timepiece with a flying double tourbillion and two distinct mechanisms. On
the left part of the clock was created the tourbillion to showcase the magic
and beauty of its escapement. The petals of the flower at the back of the
timepiece open and close as day transforms into night. The right part features
a "simple” clock where the indicators are two long dials. LA LUNA is a
double pendulum clock constructed from a 1.2 metre steel and chrome column. The
jumping hour becomes visible before the full hour. In addition to the
indication of the hours, minutes and seconds, the timepiece displays phases of
the moon, signs of the zodiac and the different seasons. N°26 has an Eleta
chronometer escapement that produces an impulse every two seconds and holds a
power reserve of eight days. The winding weight is astonishingly light – only
200 grams. The phase of the moon indicator makes up part of this weight and is
linked ‘mysteriously’, i.e. without a visible mechanism, to the movement. DIE SIEBEN is not
a clock but a kinetic sculpture possessing tiny steel balls that travel through
passageways, creating an interplay that is both visual and acoustic. Measuring
nearly 1.4 metres in height and 60 centimetres in diameter, DIE SIEBEN chimes
16 different tones using 16 passageways around the clocks circumference, where
the steel balls move along touching 16 pentatonic cylinders and 47 gears. These
gears return the balls through the passageways to the sound of a tune that only
repeats itself every seven years.  Press/image MB&F | |
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