An interesting 1980s design ball clock, licensed by HPI/ Can You Imagine For sale since at least the late 1970s This design clock displays the time using rows of shiny steel balls that are aligned in a line/trough with numbers. Time Machine has a row of balls for hours (1 to 12), five minutes (0 to 55) and single minutes (0 to 4). Every minute a ball is brought up by a rotating lever and released into the upper minute groove. After the fifth ball has rolled into the minute groove, this groove empties and a ball rolls into the middle 5-minute groove. After the twelfth ball has rolled into the middle 5-minute groove, this groove empties and a ball rolls into the lower hour groove. There are also several videos on YouTube about this unique clock. The ball clock comes with a matching dust cover + includes the batteries (4 x typeC in total) Including some extra steel balls (app 40 in total). The battery case is clean (no leakage of batteries) Provenance: private collection No cracks, chipping or dents or missing elements. In an excellent pre-loved condition with some minor traces on the dust cover according to the age. Please see the photos for an accurate impression of this lot. A true eye-catcher in your home or office.