About
The Present is a new way to experience time.
Instead of racing through seconds, it moves slowly through one quiet revolution a year revealing the hidden natural rhythm of the seasons.
First Edition (2012)
Why is it called The Present?
The hand always points to the present moment.
One hand.
One slow revolution.
One full year.
It helps you see time at the speed of life, turning the moment into something you can see, feel, and live with.
Give yourself The Present and find the time you’ve been missing.
Below are the common themes of compiling 150 testimonials of The Present.
• A more profound, calmer sense of what it means to be present.
• A way to see change unfolding at a more natural, forgiving pace.
• A beautifully crafted piece of art.
• A conversation piece that invites reflection and sparks curiosity.
• A quiet connection to a global community rethinking how we live with time.
150 testimonials
The video features an early prototype of The Present (2011)
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 engineered to operate quietly for decades.
If you ever have an issue, please let us know. Each part is replaceable as needed, ensuring longevity and reliability.
Each timepiece is assembled in Vermont.
About Scott Thrift
I want time to have options.
With a background in film studies and as co-founder of an award-winning production company, my creative path is focused on the refinement of time, previously as a filmmaker and now as a clockmaker.
In 2011, I imagined a single-handed timepiece that would give time a new kind of context; moving not by the hour, but at the pace of one complete revolution a year.
I pictured a white hand representing a ray of light from the sun drifting slowly across a seamlessly shifting spectrum of gradient color to suggest seasonal change.
I called it The Present.
Today, these timepieces are in thousands of homes across 43 countries. The positive feedback from owners fuels the progress.
This year, we will cross the milestone of 10,000 units shipped.
CREDITS
I've made and shipped over nine thousand timepieces, but it has only been possible with the help of dozens of partners and thousands of individual backers and customers worldwide.
The latest edition is the seventh generation, crafted with industrial design guidance 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.
What's it like to live with The Present?
Visit our Testimonial page to find out.
The Present Inc.
Founded in NYC in 2012, The Present is now based in Burlington, Vermont, the country's fresh-air capital.
We meticulously craft and assemble each timepiece by hand.
This is the seventh edition of The Present, guided by feedback from our valued international community. Let us know if you have any questions by messaging us at:
hello@thepresent.is
February 16th.
