Just finished my latest wooden gear clock. It's a gravity driven, all wood gear clock that keeps great time and has a nice, soothing and rhythmic tick tock. The frame is made from maple and rosewood. the hands are bloodwood (I think..they were free scraps from a woodshop) and the gears are baltic birch ply. I got into woodworking about 2 years ago and I love my new hobby. Plan to make a lot more of these and other things now that I have some tools and work space. The thing on the top is a winding key to wind the clock (raise the weight) once a day...runs about 30 hours on one winding. You can't see the whole clock in this picture (the pendulum and weight) and you can't see it in action ticking away so here is a youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DxlNCKBdUk