strangest clock ever?

So, what do we make out of a two-million-dollar gold-plated clock with a giant locust sitting on top, gradually opening its jaw each passing second until it devours the expired minute? This peculiar time-tracking device took over 7 years to develop, so I’m guessing there’s some kind of a hyper-dimensional, warp-drive… thing stuck inside – after all, it was none other than Mr. Stephen Hawking of renowned supra-scientific fame, who was involved in the development of this unique gadget.

Well, I’m guessing the good old scholarly chaps over at the Taylor library, Cambridge, must have intended to come up with a provocative chronologic statement… since according to my news source, this bizarre contraption only displays the exact time every 5 minutes, as its inner wavering eerie light shines through the respective slits. Yeah, and it also makes a rather creepy noise to mark each passing hour, as you’ll get to witness in the following video:

The creative reasoning behind this intriguing piece of watch-ery? Apparently, the designated purpose of the Time Eater is to express how time is fleeting, and “once a minute is gone you can’t get it back.” Lovely, eh? Morbidity notwithstanding, I personally cannot help getting mesmerized with the whole concept; now if you’ll excuse me I ought to make haste, since quite apparently there’s no time to be wasted.

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