Magnificent Wood Clocks for the Natural Timekeeper

Time passes the same for everyone. There is no rule that says you have to track it with a boring clock. A wood-map clock keeps the hours over a place you love, carved in birch and fitted with a real movement, so the most-watched object in the room is also the most interesting one.

What makes a wood clock different

Each clock starts as one of our 3D nautical charts. The water is hand-stained, the shoreline and channels are carved into layered birch, and then a precise quartz movement is set into the piece. You get a genuine timepiece and a genuine map in one object, which is a far better use of wall space than a plain circle of numbers.

Charts, tide clocks, and tide-and-time

There is more than one way to keep time over the water:

• Wood map clocks tell the hours over the shape of your favorite lake or coast.
• Tide clocks track the rhythm of the water itself, showing high and low tide at a glance. A quiet favorite of anyone who fishes, sails, or just likes to know.
• Tide and time clocks do both on one face, the everyday hours paired with the pull of the moon.

Why they make such good gifts

A clock is a gift someone looks at a hundred times a day. Make it a map of their home water and every one of those glances lands on something meaningful: the harbor town they grew up in, the coast of a favorite trip, the lake the whole family gathers on. It is useful, it is beautiful, and it quietly tells a story every hour on the hour.

Find your water, keep your time

Whether it is a Great Lake, a New England harbor, or a stretch of Florida coast, there is a good chance we have carved it. Browse the full collection of wood clocks and pick the place you would not mind watching the day go by over.