The Present is not just a timepiece; it’s a functional work of art designed to align your thinking and behavior with the natural world.
Unlike conventional clocks that emphasize the short-term urgency of fleeting moments, The Present helps you shift your perspective toward a longer-term, awe-inspiring point of view on the nature of time.
The result is a life-affirming new experience of time itself.
Benefits of Owning The Present, drawn from over 150 testimonials:
Cultivate a deeper relationship with what it means to "be present."
See change play out in a more meditative, abundant, and forgiving pace.
Enjoy a precision-engineered original work of art crafted for longevity.
Give your space a dynamic conversation piece to inspire dialogue and personal reflection.
Join a global community that values a holistic view of time.
Crafted with Care
The Present is precision-engineered and thoughtfully crafted to remain accurate for decades.
Since 2012, every custom component has evolved across seven different editions of The Present. After all of this time, what remains is a remarkable work of functional art with a 12-year warranty. If you ever have an issue, let us know. Every part is replaceable as needed, ensuring longevity and reliability.
Each timepiece is assembled in Vermont and has a notecard, signifying its limited edition authenticity.
About the Founder
Scott Thrift aims to reshape how we see, think about, and experience time.
With a background in film studies, Scott co-founded the Emmy award-winning production company 'm ss ng p eces.' His extensive travels and documentation of diverse design processes informed a unique global perspective on the human condition.
Desperate for time to have more meaning and for the moment to last longer than a single second, he created The Present, a transformational artifact that brings us into greater harmony with the natural world. A bestseller at the MoMA Design Store, Scott's timepieces are now in thousands of homes across 42 countries.
Since 2012
Thrift has made and shipped over eight thousand timepieces. He could not have done this without the help of dozens of partners and thousands of individual backers worldwide.
The latest edition is the seventh generation, crafted with industrial design help from Che-Wei Wang & Taylor Levy of the award-winning design duo CW&T.
It features a first-of-its-kind clock movement engineered by Josh Levine of josh.com to run for decades on the included batteries.
The Present Icon and communication design is a collaboration with the artist Jonathan Harris.
Scott Thrift and his partner Ssong in Burlington, VT.
The Present Inc.
Founded in 2012, after a decade in NYC, The Present's headquarters is in Burlington, Vermont, the country's fresh-air capital.
Our small team meticulously crafts and assembles each timepiece by hand. The latest edition of The Present is its seventh, guided by feedback from our valued international community.
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