| A Brief History | |
| The Geochron was invented by Jim Kilburg with the idea that one device could be used to determine what time it is anywhere in the world. Kilburg was a mechanical engineer who perfected his craft and knack for ingenuity while living in Luxembourg. After moving to America, Kilburg devoted his life to creating innovations such as the car cigarette lighter, the first automatic dialing telephone, as well as the automated maraschino cherry pitter. The Geochron however was inspired by less practical reasons. |  |
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In 1962, Mr. Kilburg was overseas visiting relatives in Luxembourg. Unable to make the trip to Europe, his wife Dorothy picked up the phone to call him one day. With some help from the international operator, she got through to California. Unfortunately for her husband, it happened to be 2:00 a.m. This gave Mr. Kilburg all the inspiration he needed to create the world's first accurate global time machine. In 1965, the Geochron was born. After many years in California's bay area, Geochron's factory moved to Portland, Oregon in the summer of 2007 where it continues to manufacture this incredible product. |
| The Present | |
The Geochron is the only instrument of its kind to simultaneously exhibit the current time anywhere in the world as well as displaying where the sun is rising, and when it will set. Each gear is individually hand-cut to ensure optimum synchronization. Each world map is made using state of the art lithography printing which uses specially formulated inks designed to make the map resistant to ultraviolet light. And by the time each Geochron is hand-crafted for shipment anywhere, it has been personally inspected, passing through 24 designated key inspection points. After 40 years of building Geochron, every single device is still completely assembled by hand, lending a personal touch to each Geochron unit. Original prints from the first Geochron are still a large base for today's models and it is important that the Geochron remains an analog device. |
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