World 12
The Clockwork Observatory
A Victorian-inspired observatory of brass telescopes, turning gears and endless night sky.
About The Clockwork Observatory
Beneath an open dome, a great brass telescope points at the stars. Gears turn slowly in the walls, orreries track the planets, and star charts cover the desk in warm lamplight. Atmospheric neoclassical piano and strings, with the soft tick of clockwork, for curious minds and long nights of invention.
Beneath an open dome, a great brass telescope points at the night sky. Gears turn slowly in the walls, an orrery tracks the planets on the desk, and star charts lie under warm lamplight. Through the slit in the dome, the stars wheel past in silence.
Atmospheric neoclassical music fills the room, with piano, gentle strings and the soft, layered ticking of clockwork woven in as rhythm. It has a quiet sense of curiosity and invention, for creative work, engineering, study and the long nights when ideas are just within reach.
- Made for
- Creative work · Engineering · Studying · Reading
- Music
- Atmospheric neoclassical · Gentle piano and strings · Subtle mechanical ambience · Clockwork rhythmic textures
Atmosphere
Light, weather and sound
- Light
- Lamplight on brass and starlight through the dome
- Weather
- A clear night sky, with the occasional meteor
- Sound
- Slow clockwork, wood settling, wind past the dome slit
Coming next
The first visit: Starry Night
- 0:00Opening the DomeSoft ticking gears and wind past the dome slit; piano enters
- 0:10First LightPiano and sustained strings over a soft clockwork pulse
- 0:55The MechanismGentle pizzicato and celesta woven into the turning gears
- 1:40DiscoveryThe fullest stretch, piano, harp and chamber strings, still restrained
- 2:25Night SurveyQuieter again, sparse piano and a slower pulse
- 2:57Closing the DomeThe music fades, leaving the clockwork ticking softly
Listening
Visit The Clockwork Observatory
Not yet published
Nothing has been published for The Clockwork Observatory yet. The first session, Starry Night, is planned. When it is published on YouTube, it will appear here with a direct link.
On your desktop
Take the view with you
Keep the brass telescope and the night sky on your screen between sessions. Three wallpapers in 4K, in 16:9 and 16:10. Free to download.
Observatory
The view from the desk, as in the videos.
Starlit Dome
The same scene with the lights down, for dark mode.
Illustrated
The world's original concept illustration.
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