Academy da Vinci Clock

The primary instructions are in Korean with a second "Ikea" style set with minimalist English notations. The required tools to do a a good job are NOT in the instructions. If you are an experienced model builder who has done some reading about clockworks, it's easy. If not, this is a terrible first project. Build something like the Revell 3' Cutty Sark full rigging (not full sail) model first. If you can do that, then you can do this. The "8+" rating on the box is misleading for most current generation Americans, although I suspect that it is spot on for a kid that has been building models and doing a good job for a couple of years. You do have to tie four tiny knots with tweezers (three of the two half hitch variety and one figure 8).OK, not intimidated? - you will need three tools: a scalpel, a pair of tweezers, and a small silversmithing type of hammer. You will also want to have handy a small block of wood about 1"x2"x 4" to use as an anvil, and a hardwood dowel (oak is fine) about 5/8" in diameter and about 4" long. The dowel is for poking through the gears to tighten the press fits - this will be obvious when you get to those steps.The model is deceptively simple, but the instructions are also deceptively accurate. Unlike what another reviewer said, every last detail is spot on. But go slow!!!! The little inset drawings are easy to miss - especially the one where you install the ratchet pawl.What you end up with in an amazing early clock escapement demonstrator. It is NOT a working clock in the sense that it will run for hours. It runs for a few minutes, and that's it. It is also not exactly the da Vinci escapement. The gearing seems to be close to that, which is a modification of the verge or foliot escapement, but uses an ingenious double wheel system that "walks" under the control of a truly unique three peg wheel instead of a single crown wheel controlled by two pallets. Da Vinci's design replaced the foliot weights with swinging weights on strings, but other than that it seems to be close. I see hints of an early Roman gearworks in this design, but it could be something that came out of the Islamic world. Records of how early mechanical things worked in detail are almost nonexistent.It's a real delight to have as a first clockworks exploration project. For now, I'm keeping mine right on my workbench and winding up quite often. It's quite durable, and runs quite smoothly after a few dozen break-in cycles. No lubrication seems to be required.

Love the product but instructions are not in English so challenging to put together.

Ich habe die Uhr verschenkt und es kam super an. War nicht einfach aufzubauen aber das Resultat ist dafür super geworden. Leider fehlt eine Deutsche Beschreibung drin aber es ging auch mit dem schulenglich ganz gut.

Pensé que al no ser de madera me iba a gustar poco pero de todas maneras consideré comprarlo por ser emblemático, sin embargo el tipo de materiales que usaron me parece de excelente calidad y en verdad cumple ampliamente con mis espectativas

Non funziona davvero ma fa capire ilfunzionamento dello scappamento