Tiffany & Co.’s has unveiled a new take on hailing a taxi cab in New York city with its latest $50,000 clock aptly called the ‘Tiffany Taxi’..
Inspired by a 1950s New York City taxicab the clock’s distinctive appearance draws from the Golden Age’s popular Tailfin Fender, adorned with a yellow taxi sign above its windshield. Its aluminum body is enveloped in the instantly recognizable, signature Tiffany Blue wit the jewlers name displayed proudly on the taxi’s license plate.
The Tiffany Taxi houses a clock that features two independent movements with their own power source. Designed for timekeeping, the first movement sits in the driver’s seat. Its hours and minutes are displayed by rotating stainless-steel disks on the air filters that feed the dual carburetor banks on top of the engine. The eight-day movement is regulated by a visible 2.5 Hertz escapement in the “driver cap” and is powered by a mainspring visible in the passenger seat. You can set the clock with a counterclockwise rotation via its three-spoke steering wheel.
