Parts
Tray of Assorted Cogs
A shallow oak tray of polished brass gears in eleven sizes, for building whatever you have in mind.
$16 · Buy real
The Forge Quarter · Shop
Gearworks & Gadgets
If it turns, ticks, or winds, it is somewhere in these drawers.
A narrow shop with a wall of oak drawers running floor to ceiling, every one labelled in a hand nobody can read any more. Under glass bells on the counter, half-finished mechanisms turn quietly by themselves. The shopkeeper will not sell you a gear until she knows what you intend to do with it.
Automaton
Clockwork Songbird
A brass automaton bird on a perch. Wind the key and it turns its head, flutters once, and whistles three notes.
$44 · Buy real
Build It
Apprentice Clockwork Kit
Everything needed to build a working movement: mainplate, springs, gears, and four tiny tools in a fitted box.
$35 · Buy real
Instrument
Brass Pressure Gauge
A real gauge on an oak plinth. It reads a little high on stormy mornings, which the shop insists is correct.
$25 · Buy real
Optics
Geared Kaleidoscope
Turn the copper ring and the whole pattern shifts by clockwork rather than by luck.
$21 · Buy real
Wear
Gear Pendant & Chain
One perfect small sprocket on a brass chain, filed smooth and polished by hand.
$12 · Buy real
Wind-Up
Walking Beetle Wind-Up
A tin-and-brass beetle that marches across a table and turns when it meets a wall.
$17 · Buy real
Plans
Blueprint Sheaf (6)
Six folded blueprints for gadgets that may or may not be possible. Two definitely are.
$10 · Buy real
Instrument
Pocket Barometer
A brass-cased barometer the size of a plum, on a leather fob.
$29 · Buy real
Play
Brass Spinning Top
Weighted and turned on a lathe. Spins for a minute and eleven seconds on a smooth floor.
$9 · Buy real
Puzzle
Sprocket Puzzle Board
A wooden board of interlocking gears — turn one and find out what turns last.
$22 · Buy real
Tools
Jeweller's Loupe
A brass loupe with a soft leather case, for looking very closely at very small things.
$18 · Buy real