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Standing 1.62 m tall and weighing 40 kg, the Space-Time Blade has been designed to match URWERK's dreams. Its base is an URWERK bronze crown, an imposing and oversized structure topped by a glass dome. Beneath the latter sit eight vertically aligned Nixie bulbs, each individually custom-shaped using a blowtorch. Each glass tube is meticulously filled with low-pressure neon gas and features a wire-mesh anode, with cathodes forming the numerals. A separate cathode is precision-made for each unit from 0 to 9. The whole thing is then precisely arranged element by element using pliers, like the most delicate of constructions. When the current is switched on, a distinct orange glow surrounds each cathode, staging a mesmerizing visual show. The display can change up to 100,000 times per second. 

These thin, fragile bulbs display both the time (hours, minutes, seconds) as well as a distance in kilometers, that of the Earth's rotation. The equally remarkable remote control driving the display of this extraordinary timepiece evokes the power of a lightsaber, presiding over the Space-Time Blade's displays. It can be set to six different positions: 

1.         Time indication in hours, minutes, seconds

2.         Time indication in hours, minutes, seconds, 1/10 and 1/100 of a second

3.         Indication of kilometers covered in one day (Earth's rotation at the Equator)

4.         Indication of kilometers traveled in one day (Earth's revolution around the Sun)

5.         Indication of kilometers traveled in one year (Earth's revolution around the sun)

6.         Maintenance process