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[[File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|thumb|The earliest known version of Clock Head, designed and built by  [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|Leonardo da Vinci]], shown here on patrol in the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].]]'''Clock Head''' ('''Clock-Head''', '''Clock-Face''', etc.) is a mechanical man.
[[File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|thumb|The earliest known version of Clock Head, designed and built by  [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|Leonardo da Vinci]], shown here on patrol in the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].]]'''Clock Head''' ('''Clock-Head''', '''Clock-Face''', etc.) is a mechanical soldier, secretly designed and built by engineer and crime-fighter [[Leonardo da Vinci]].


The original Clock Head was a mechanical soldier, secretly designed and built by engineer and crime-fighter [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|Leonardo da Vinci]].
After da Vinci's mysterious disappearance, Clock Head survived by serving in mercenary armies, eventually reaching North America during the Revolutionary War. Persuaded by the arguments of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Clock Head swore allegiance to the American cause and fought with distinction.


After da Vinci's mysterious disappearance, Clock Head survived by serving in mercenary armies, eventually reaching North America during the Revolutionary War. Persuaded by the arguments of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Clock Head swore allegiance to the American cause and fought with distinction.  After the war it drifted West, becoming a founder of the 1800s-era town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].
After the war Clock Head drifted West, eventually co-founding the 1800s-era town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].


Clock Head designed and built an updated version of itself, the mechanical engineer [[Clock Head 2]], better adapted for the industrial age.
Clock Head designed and built an updated version of itself, the mechanical engineer [[Clock Head 2]], better adapted for the industrial age.
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File:Clock Head 2.jpg|link=Clock Head 2|Clock Head constructs a successor: [[Clock Head 2]], designed for the industrial age.
File:Leonardo Draws Clock Head.jpg|link=Leonardo Draws Clock Head|Leonardo [[Leonardo Draws Clock Head|designs a mechanical soldier]] which will later be known as [[Clock Head]].
 
File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_in_flight.jpg|link=Leonardo da Vinci|1477: Polymath and crime-fighter [[Leonardo da Vinci]] accepts commission to build a mechanical soldier powered by time crystals.
 
File:Clock Head 2.jpg|link=Clock Head 2|[[Clock Head 2]], designed and constructed by Clock Head, is powered up for the first time.
File:Havelock.jpg|link=Judge Havelock|[[Judge Havelock]] and Clock Head save each others' lives, beginning a friendship that will ultimately lead to the founding of the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].
File:Havelock.jpg|link=Judge Havelock|[[Judge Havelock]] and Clock Head save each others' lives, beginning a friendship that will ultimately lead to the founding of the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].
File:I, Rivet.jpg|link=I, Rivet|'''''[[I, Rivet]]''''' is a 2004 American industrial manufacture training film about a highly intelligent robot (Will Smith) who investigates the alleged failure of substandard fasteners.
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* [[Clock Head 2]]
* [[Clock Head 2]]
* ''[[I, Rivet]]''
* [[Judge Havelock]]
* [[Judge Havelock]]
* [[Periphery (town)]]
* [[Periphery (town)]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== External links ==
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1492154913945706499 Post] @ Twitter (11 February 2022)


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Latest revision as of 08:15, 11 February 2022

The earliest known version of Clock Head, designed and built by Leonardo da Vinci, shown here on patrol in the town of Periphery.

Clock Head (Clock-Head, Clock-Face, etc.) is a mechanical soldier, secretly designed and built by engineer and crime-fighter Leonardo da Vinci.

After da Vinci's mysterious disappearance, Clock Head survived by serving in mercenary armies, eventually reaching North America during the Revolutionary War. Persuaded by the arguments of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, Clock Head swore allegiance to the American cause and fought with distinction.

After the war Clock Head drifted West, eventually co-founding the 1800s-era town of Periphery.

Clock Head designed and built an updated version of itself, the mechanical engineer Clock Head 2, better adapted for the industrial age.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Post @ Twitter (11 February 2022)