Are you looking to deepen your knowledge of Punk literary currents ? You are looking to find out more about Clockpunk universe ?
Welcome to My Pocket Watch, the shop specializing in pocket watches! Each week, we offer an article devoted to the theme of our shop, namely the miniature watchmaking . However, the Steampunk universe is very linked to pocket watches! This is why we offer a blog dedicated only to the Steampunk universe and its derivatives. Today, we are starting a series of article allowing to discover all the genres of the punk current !
Through these lines, we will see:
- The Origin and the date of appearance of the Clockpunk current
- The Presentation of the Clockpunk universe
- References and works in the Clockpunk world
Let's go!
clockpunk: a steampunk subgenre
Compared to the steampunk, the term clockpunk is practically unknown to the general public! However, the latter is much inspired by the Steampunk universe. Indeed, the retro-futurism is the very interest of the steampunk ! Retro-futorialism found in Dieselpunk, Atompunk or, in this case, Clockpunk . Unlike cyberpunk or biopunk, genres that we will see in other articles, which offers a universe taking place only in the future. Clearly, we classify a current as "sub-genre of steampunk" if it offers a retro-futuristic universe of which it is easy to guess the central technological element. But we will see, next time, that there are sub-genre undergenre , especially with dieselpunk, an uchronic current, which will inspire other styles such as steepunk! p>
presentation of the clockpunk current
Now that you are aware of the link between steampunk and clockpunk, let's focus on the description of this universe! To do this, and as will be the case for all Our articles devoted to Punks currents , we are going to write the period Gender history and the central technology of the universe , thematic of the punk current. Let's go!
a universe based on the Renaissance
While the steampunk takes place during the Victorian era, Clockpunk is receding a few centuries in the past to arrive at renaissance era ! Era which was very important for mathematics and astronomy , where we find big names such as leonardo da Vinci , Nicolas Copernic or Galileo . When we think of the Renaissance, it is not uncommon to think of the Italian architecture , the aesthetic precision or even Puzzles . And it is on these points that the universe clockpunk rests!
a technology centered around gears and springs with springs
If you have a minimum of vocabulary in English, you will have directly understood the relationship between Clockpunk and Watchmaking. The main clockpunk technology is based a lot on the clock mechanism . Regularity, microscopic precision, stability, mechanical sequences, ... It is a technology very similar to the steampunk ! With the difference where in the latter we sometimes use chemistry, the Clockpunk universe is based solely on mechanics. There is another genre, very similar to Clockpunk, it is Rococopunk! The latter differs exclusively by the period the universe, based on the 18th century Rococo art.
Some references in the Clockpunk universe
Even if the term Clockpunk seems unknown to you, there are a lot of works based on this universe! In particular:
- The First game of the Saga of Assassin's Creed
- The Da Vinci Code series
- The Nuremberg PLC by Thomas Day
Discover other punk universes!
Now you know everything there is to know about the Clockpunk style ! We saw together that it was a universe based on the 14th and 15th century . Based on mathematical puzzles and architectural precision, there is a strong influence of Italy! There are still full of punk currents to explore, then discovers Nanopunk universe . Otherwise, do not hesitate to take a look in our Steampunk Watches collection by clicking on the banner below!