Time Machines


“Le Temps Retrouvé” by Trilobe

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July 2025


“Le Temps Retrouvé” by Trilobe

There is always a certain pleasure to be had when watchmakers create something other than a wristwatch. Trilobe has taken this premise further with an intriguing object: a mechanical marble ceramic bust that is a portrait of its owner, sculpted on request.

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rilobe’s intention is that we should stop “chasing after seconds” and become more attuned to the world around us. Indeed, Le Temps Retrouvé calls on all five senses. Hearing, with the sculpture’s mechanical heartbeat that recalls our own. Touch, with the coolness of the surface, gently warmed by the sculpture’s breath. Sight, because the sculpture’s eyes – your eyes? – move to indicate the minutes while the temples open to count the hours in silent motion. Smell, as a separate mechanism distils a bespoke fragrance into the air. And taste, that of Marcel Proust’s madeleine, the taste of time regained…

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