The Meridian

Most side tables hold your coffee and disappear into the room. This one keeps time. The Meridian is a working clock built into a table. An antique world map in gold sits under glass, brass gears turning slowly across the hemispheres, smaller dials tracking the hours in cities far from yours. Nothing is hidden. The mechanism is the point. Set it beside a sofa or a reading chair. It holds a book and a cup like any good table. Then someone notices it moving, and the conversation changes. For the one who likes a room with something going on in it.