About
Who are TechTock ?
TechTock is the trading name used by me, Pete Sleeman, for my series of tech art clocks.
Who is Pete Sleeman?
I am an Engineer, living and working in the southern part of Hampshire, England. I’ve always been a creator and a hands on builder of “things”. From an early age I started to explore how to build the things that I couldn’t afford to buy or simply couldn’t buy because they were too unique. These exploits were often quite unsuccessful but I learnt a ton about how to do things, and how not to!
I went to Southampton University in the late 80’s and got a degree in Electronics.
Today I’m a co-founder and director of TouchNetix, a company specializing in capacitive touchscreens and controller chips…
…and now I’m also a creator of clocks
Hand Built
Lots of things are said to be hand-built…but what I mean here really means hand-crafted.I fabricate many of the parts of my clocks using, for example, lathe work, filing, casting, drilling, tapping etc etc. Some components I choose not to hand build for reasons of quality and repeatability. For example, circuit boards are professionally manufactured and assembled using qualified sub-contractors. Some components are fabricated by specialists using advanced 3D processes which are then hand finished. This is because such parts are often simply too complex to realize at low volumes.