Life Event Timers
Life Event Timers are very long-lived digital timers which count upwards in seconds from an important moment. They will theoretically count for one hundred years. They are used to commemorate significant personal events by marking them in time.
A typical Life Event Timer is a small mechanism similar to the one pictured here, based on a vintage found object (in this case an antique voltmeter) with a numerical display, a metallic conductive ribbon connecting two electrodes, and a custom brass plaque. Inside is a computer, a clock and a very large battery.
When you receive your Life Event Timer it will have been customized by me to suit the event you wish to commemmorate. I will engrave the plaque with the name and date of your event. If this event is in the future, the count will be frozen at zero. When the moment arrives, you will cut the ribbon and the count will begin.
If the moment you wish to commemorate has already passed, when you receive your Timer the ribbon will be cut and the count will be in progress, adjusted to refer correctly to the intended starting moment.
An additional available service is the freezing of a count. This is useful in situations where the event being commemorated was of a finite duration. In this case the Timer can be frozen at the desired moment as a fixed, permanent commemoration.
As with all Time Systems, a variety of custom variants are available and collaborative commissions are welcomed. Contact me with your idea!