The Hourglass by Marc Newson

“This Hourglass is all about time but in a more esoteric and fundamental way. I was thinking of having fun with time.”  

Marc Newson

The Hourglass is a true engineering feat. Blown from a single piece of borosilicate glass, it contains millions of tiny spheres made of stainless steel. Each and every one is precisely 0.6 mm in diameter and coated with fine gold or silver. When the Hourglass is inverted, the precision balls fall and bounce in an erratic but truly mesmeric way. As a handmade piece, accuracy can vary by ± 2 minutes. Marc Newson’s signature is etched onto every Hourglass before they leave the workshop in Basel, Switzerland.

Specifications

Materials - 5-7mm thick Borosillicate Glass / Calibrated 0.6mm Stainless Steel Precision Balls, coated with pure yellow gold 999.9, pure silver 999.9, pure copper or black pvd.

HG10 Series - 5mm thick Borosillicate Glass / 10 minutes falling time +/- 1 minute / ∅125 x H150 / Wt.1.5 kg / s/steel nanoballs 1,249,996 with the following coatings - 11gms fine silver / fine yellow gold / black pvd.

HG10 Silver / HG10 Black / HG10 Gold

HG30 Series - 7mm thick Borosillicate Glass / 30 minutes falling time +/- 2 minutes / ∅200 x H240 / Wt. 6.0 kg / s/s balls 3,409,080 with the following coatings - 35gms fine silver / fine yellow gold / fine copper / black pvd.

HG30 Silver / HG30 Copper / HG30 Black / HG30 Gold

HG60 Series - 7mm thick Borosillicate Glass / 60 minutes falling time +/- 3 minutes / ∅250 x H300 / Wt. 10.0 kg / s/s balls 7,727,248 with the following coatings -68 gms fine silver / fine yellow gold / fine copper / black pvd.

HG60 Silver / HG60 Copper / HG60 Black / HG60 Gold

Delivery Lead Times - HG10/HG30 series 60-90 days average HG60 series 120 days average