VC fund's concrete-and-brass 'Time Since Launch' clock: one AA battery every eight years
genmon · x · 2026-11-10
VC firm Compound worked with Brooklyn studio cw&t to customize their single-use 'Time Since Launch' clock — a concrete-and-brass totem marking the moment an LP chooses to partner for the next (hopefully) decade.
The timer is inspired by Ordnance Survey trig points, runs years on one replaceable AA lithium thionyl chloride cell (swap every eight years; internal memory keeps progress), and the instructions read: 1. Believe 2. Build 3. Replace the battery.
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