Globe – 184 Components

The precision of a clock movement is comparable to the planetary orbit of our home planet around the sun. Sundials were therefore not only extremely effective for displaying the hour of the day, but also as calendars. This knowledge must be already far over 3000 years old, as excavations in Egypt prove. Likewise, the mechanism of Antikyther, the oldest gear work in the world and shows how little we know about ancient cultures. The UGEARS(R) Globe kit takes a detailed look at the history of such mechanisms and, in its own wonderful way, depicts the rotation of the earth with the ecological fact of wood.

With a total of 184 individual components, which can be pre-cut and easily removed from a wooden plate, a small mechanical marvel in the form of a globe succeeds, which at the same time follows the style of a work of art. Here, postmodern future meets history and represents the steampunk style of retrofuturism in a semi-open design. Thus, the manufacturer of mechanical models UGEARS(R) appeals to both the technophile modeler and the planet-interested stargazer. The orbital mechanics of the Earth’s rotation thus sit on a platform and can be precisely tracked.

Warning! Not for children under 3 years.

• Number of components: 184
• Setup time: 4 hours
• Model size: 21 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm