I think I want this...

(generate, gnr8.biz)

I always wanted a grandfather clock... But since the really old ones are out of my price range and the not-really-old-ones are a bit tacky, this might be the fun solution. The background is printed on canvas, but it has a real clock work!
Our ceilings are probably too low though for it to look good... It should hang in either a very modern appartment with concrete walls or in a really old one.
Bummer they don't ship to Germany.

(I'm currently staying in Munich and very bored...and paying HUGE wlan fees at Starbucks...argh.)