Maison Alcee Persee Fantome Limited Edition for Hodinkee puts you in-charge of building your own desk clock - Yanko Design

"Maison Alcée, founded by French engineers Alcée and Benoît Montfort, and NYC-based watch website, Hodinkee, have joined forces for the first time to release a limited-edition desk clock. This is targeted at collectors who don't want a finished model, but desire one they can actually have some hands-on fun with before it's realized as a complete work of haute horologiere."

"The Maison Alcée Persée Fantôme Limited Edition for Hodinkee is more than any special edition or limited release desk clock you can think of. The difference is at the construction level itself; essentially owing to the Maison Alcée's approach to watchmaking. The French Maison focuses on "teaching people about watchmaking" by letting them be a part of the finishing of the timepiece, which resonated with Hodinkee enough to become part of this 25-piece limited edition."

"The Alcée Persée Fantôme thus doesn't start as a finished product. It is offered as an experience via a kit. It comes with 233 meticulously crafted components, which purchasers are required to assemble themselves and hand-paint the lume to steadily piece together a limited-edition mechanical clock. The company says it takes 6-10 hours of build time to create for yourself the most personal limited editions you can ever own."

Maison Alcée and Hodinkee collaborated to produce the Maison Alcée Persée Fantôme Limited Edition, a 25-piece desk clock offered as a build-it-yourself kit. The product comprises 233 meticulously crafted components that purchasers assemble themselves, including hand-painting the lume, with an estimated build time of 6–10 hours. The concept emphasizes participatory finishing and education, letting collectors learn watchmaking by performing assembly and adjustment. The design stems from Maison Alcée's approach of teaching people about watchmaking through hands-on involvement. The final outcome is a personalized mechanical desk clock that blends collectible scarcity with active owner engagement.

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