1. Floor: The quarter hour ball run
The large clock in the center of the Bucherer store
2. Floor: The clockwork
2. Floor: The clockwork and the blue quarter hour pendulum
3. Floor: The anchorwheel, the minute ring and the minute ball runs
3. Floor: The ejector of the minute balls
3. Floor: Side view
4. Floor: The "waterfall of seconds" with the 16 helices
3. Floor: The ends of the helices and minute ball runs
4. Floor: 15 switches distribute the second balls to the helices
4. Floor: The two screw lifts
3. Floor: The bearings of the screw lifts
4. Floor: The outlet of the second balls
3. Floor: Hanns-Martin Wagner and Stefan Grünenfelder in front of the screwlifts
3. Floor: The motor block casing
Mark Bischof in Lucerne with the first drawings of AION in summer 2006
3. Floor: Assembling the drive unit of the anchorwheel
2. Floor: Open drive unit for one of the gears
1. Floor: The wiring in the control unit (SPC)
The drip cups for the second balls at the end of the helices
The square profiles supporting the 4 meter minute ring
Toolmaking for hard soldering
Turning points for the switch system
The helices and the minute ball runs (Mark Bischof and Jonas à Wengen in the background)
Lorenz Grimmer, Jonas à Wengen and Roman Hutter
Flanges for the gears
The pendulum bob made by Fa. Muff AG
Roman Hutter, Sculptor
Jonas à Wengen polishing the screw lifts
Planning: Hanns-Martin Wagner and Martin Märki
Flange rings for the ball runs
Toolmaking for the helices; Lorenz Grimmer welding and Roman Hutter turning
Base plates for the quarter hour ball run
Hard soldering, fettling, polishing...
The test unit for the quarter hour ball run
The water-blasted aluminium gears
Fitting and gluing
Laser cutted chrome steel sheets
TIG welding the casings
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