Made this clock for my best friend (whose initials are TNT) as a housewarming present. The parts easily glue together, then to the base, to have one piece in the end. Both a dollar's worth of wire from the hardware store and tied it off to spots made at both ends.

The clockworks I used, I got from a local hobby shop (1/4in stem): "Walnut Hollow Quartz Clock / 6mm (for 1/4in surfaces)....pretty standard.

On a related note, hoping this might get me invited to the White House like the kid from Texas. Hahaha