The founder has built about 400 himself, including some out of wooden salad bowls, latex glove molds and steam gauges. Kowalski estimates that Timeworks has produced more than a million clocks. A few dozen employees assemble the clocks in a warehouse in Berkeley. Now, Timeworks’ cheapest clocks sit on store shelves for $8.95. His most expensive time-telling invention sold for $9,000. Before that, most of Kowalski’s creative clocks were ticking away for about $1,000 apiece. Timeworks was born in 1995 when Kowalski’s brother suggested selling cheaper clocks to average buyers. But for years, he has spent most of his time in the shop developing products for his business, Timeworks Inc. Kowalski said he wishes he had more time to assemble strange clocks. “Someday I’ll make a clock out of it for some crazy person.” “This is an old autoclave,” he said, pointing to an outdated medical machine for sterilizing equipment. Scientific devices, military parts and European antiques lay on the ground and on shelves alongside objects that Kowalski couldn’t even identify. “This is my private, scientist-sort of workshop,” he said. Others were taller than the man who crafted them. But building one-of-a-kind clocks became Kowalski’s career and lifelong craft.Ī walk around his shop revealed some clocks that fit in the palm of Kowalski’s hand.
Called it Kowalski Clockworks: Clocks Like You’ve Never Seen Before.” “And this friend of mine bought it for 500 bucks. “I came home and I put them together and made a clock, and it was beautiful,” Kowalski said. He began his hobby with a trip to a flea market in the spring of 1992, where he bought a box of clock parts. Kowalski, a 54-year-old clockmaker from Point Richmond who designed the Giants clock that rests in San Francisco’s ballpark, creates timepieces out of found objects. There was a violin, a pistol, a cask, motors, lamps, a rotisserie part and a ration tin from World War II – all made into clocks.
Stretching over gadgets to flip on the light, he illuminated his treasures. Uttermost’s complete product line includes mirrors, art, alternative wall décor, accessories, lamps, botanicals, lighting fixtures, and accent furniture.On a recent afternoon, Steve Kowalski unlocked the oversized wooden doors to his Point Richmond shop and maneuvered through a room littered with what appeared to be junk. The Timeworks product line will be shown in Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas, and New York this month in the Uttermost showrooms. It’s a wonderful and natural fit and we look forward to helping Uttermost build the brand in the months and years ahead.”Ĭo-founder Steve Kowalski had similar thoughts “As a product designer, I am thrilled about continuing to develop distinctive Timeworks clocks for Uttermost, knowing that their greater resources will allow me to expand the possibilities for creativity, and that Timeworks will maintain and expand it’s reputation and standing as America’s number one clock brand”. Timeworks co-founder John Kowalski, added “we are so proud that the Timeworks name and product development will continue and the brand could not have found a better home than Uttermost. “The founders of Timeworks will be leading the way in product design and development of Timeworks, so this line will grow substantially from where it is today” according to Cooper. Per Mac Cooper, CEO, “I’ve been a fan of Timeworks for many years, and could not be more excited to offer this product to our customers.” Uttermost is continuing almost the entire Timeworks assortment from 2010, along with new Timeworks introductions at the January markets.
Uttermost has acquired the Timeworks brand name, product designs, etc, and now is available exclusively through Uttermost. Berkeley, CA – Timeworks, Inc, a Berkeley California company and industry leader of innovative clocks, is now an Uttermost brand.
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