> And not one with a PIC inside ;-)) I'm in the privileged position of bein=
g at
> least competent in more than one craft and looking forward to getting a
> stepper clock done, now that I've finally got some passable 3D printed ge=
ars.
> And a few other ideas I should get off my a*** and make a start on

How about a clock with wooden gears and a solenoid to clunk the escapement =
instead of a pendulum. The gears would all be visible through cutouts in th=
e case ...

That could be controlled by a PIC that listens to one of the 60kHz time fre=
quency's (can they be received in NZ?) and with a magnet in the ends of the=
 hands and a hall effect device at the 12 o'clock position you would know e=
very hour what time it is displaying. Then it could pulse the solenoid fast=
 to go to summer time or just stop for an hour to go back to standard time.



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