Works
Pressed Time Cufflinks
The mechanics of an era, worn at the wrist
Time
Clockface Pendant
A working clock, pressed into gold
An 18k gold disc pendant engraved with a clock face and mechanical gear motifs, set with thirteen bezel-set brilliant diamonds
Materials
- 18k Yellow Gold
High-polish disc with engraved clock face and mechanical relief; rectangular bail
- Brilliant-Cut Diamonds
13 stones, bezel-set across the dial face, approx. 0.07–0.10ct each
Techniques
EngravingRelief WorkBezel SettingHigh Polish
Dimensions
- disc Diameter38mm
- thickness3mm
- chain Length45cm (adjustable)
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The disc is large — nearly the size of a pocket watch — and carries everything a clock face should: hour numerals at twelve, three, six, and nine; arrow-tipped hands pointing to a fixed moment; and the ghost of a movement in the gear and escapement motifs that ring the perimeter in low relief.
Thirteen brilliant-cut diamonds are bezel-set across the surface, scattered with the logic of hour markers but not confined to them — some cluster near the numerals, others drift into the mechanical border. They read as stars above a mechanism, or as the seconds that have already passed.
The pendant hangs from a substantial rectangular bail on an 18k cable chain. The disc face is high-polish; the relief work catches light at angles that the flat surface cannot. In motion, the piece glints in layers.
The Story
The clockface pendant grew directly from the Time collection’s press technique — the same mechanical vocabulary, but applied to a disc that could carry the full clock composition rather than a compressed fragment of it. Where the cufflinks are archaeological fragments, this piece is the whole dial. The thirteen diamond count was not planned; it emerged from fitting stones to the composition until the surface felt right.
