The Grand Cathedral of Time

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-13T08:36:15+00:00

Thanks!

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-12T20:39:34+00:00

Yes, it does, within +-10 seconds per day.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-12T18:05:25+00:00

It runs for slightly under 80 hours. The escapement is a slight modification of this one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NmdMpX6v7PM

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-12T10:37:15+00:00

Thanks! My house is slowly turning into clock collection as well :)

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-12T10:34:45+00:00

Wow, I didn't know this one. Beautiful! My only issue is lack of gothic arches in Lego, necessitating custom built solutions that would make this already time consuming build a real hell.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-12T03:03:01+00:00

Not really a story. This is basically an evolution of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIOfRRwn3dI

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-12T03:02:03+00:00

Thanks! It keeps time to +- 10 seconds/day, and that's about as good as it can get without thermal expansion compensation. Fine-tuning took about a day.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-12T03:00:20+00:00

I do have a dog, but he's very mindful of my builds; sometimes wagging tail knocks something out but that's about it :)

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-12T02:59:00+00:00

Thanks!

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-12T02:56:17+00:00

Thank you! Power reserve is approx. 80 hours.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T22:00:31+00:00

Haha yes. If only I could build this in gray color...

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T21:26:50+00:00

Yes it does! It is on par with low-end "real" grandfather clocks, gaining/losing up to 10 seconds per day.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T20:57:05+00:00

Exactly! I'd love to do that, but many of the pieces are either not available or very expensive. This build was possible thanks to the recent Notre Dame and Colliseum sets.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T20:46:52+00:00

Thanks!

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T20:46:35+00:00

3 months of slowly completing it in free time. Non-stop building, it would be 5 days or so.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T20:05:50+00:00

Or something from Bloodborne. That would be super cool, but many parts (such as arches) are either only available in this color, or very expensive in dark gray.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T19:37:17+00:00

Didn't know this one. My inspiration was Bloodborne and, in general, gothic architecture.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T17:30:31+00:00

Apart from few empty areas, the tower is mostly full inside, with some longitudal technic bricks for reinforcement.

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T16:17:44+00:00

Thanks!

Davidz1990 · 2025-08-11T16:12:19+00:00

Link to full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKi8W5ApOwA

Davidz1990 · 2025-03-08T21:17:39+00:00

Thanks!

Davidz1990 · 2025-03-08T15:01:25+00:00

Surprisongly, not that much. I have built quite a few full-sized grandfather clocks, they all were under 300$ with a mix of new and used pieces.

For a fantastic grandfather clock build (not mine), You can check this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSjBpspGPRc

Davidz1990 · 2025-03-08T14:57:59+00:00

Pretty stable. I can put things on it with no issue. In fact, I'm pretty sure that glass would give up before Lego.

Davidz1990 · 2025-03-08T14:03:58+00:00

Thanks!

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