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In 1978 or perhaps 1979, a package arrived at my friends home with the incorrect address.
We were 12 at the time and our curiosity got the best of us.
We opened it.

Inside was an orb.
Maybe 6” in diameter made of brushed aluminum.
It may have had a white strip around the circumference.
When you touched the Orb, it would tell the time by blinking/flashing a white light along the white strip and playing a note.
Maybe it had a different note for hours, minutes and seconds.
His Dad scolded us a bit, put the orb back in the box and sent it back to where it came from.

So: does this ring a memory with anyone?
I’ve never seen this art piece clock again.
I bring it up here because I suppose it could be an item to emulate if we could find one.
Maybe it was a gift item from a Museum of Modern Art?
It was cool and we were young and impressed with it.

TrevEB