Patent ID: 7643381

Claim:
A clock, said clock comprising: a body; a first pivot shaft, said first pivot shaft rotatably extending from said body; a minute hand, said minute hand fixedly secured to said first pivot shaft for rotary movement in concert therewith; an hour hand, said hour hand rotatably secured to and operably balanced about said first pivot shaft, said hour hand further comprising a baseplate, a second pivot shaft, spaced outward along said hour hand away from said first pivot shaft, said second pivot shaft secured to said baseplate, a first gear, said first gear rotatably mounted with respect to said second pivot shaft, said first gear further comprising a first gear mass provided at a selected first gear mass orientation position with respect to said first gear, said first gear mass providing torque on said first gear about said second pivot shaft responsive to the location of said first gear mass during rotation of said first gear about said second pivot shaft; a second gear, said second gear affixed to and rotating in concert with said first pivot shaft, said second gear operably driving said first gear, said first gear mass maintaining or moving said first gear by gravity in a direction wherein said first gear mass remains positioned downward as said second gear orbits around said first gear; a single clock movement, said single clock movement mounted to said minute hand, said single clock movement configured to drive movement of said minute hand; and wherein said minute hand drives movement of said hour hand.