I had been waiting for just the right time to do this task.

I gathered up all my materials and tools, and sat down with two ideas:

1. I would absolutely destroy each of the clocks in my possession.
2. I could recycle, and re-use some of the pieces in cyber-punk art, or even a little steampunk jewelry.

I started out with a digital alarm clock that I'd gotten in high-school. This clock was 8 years old. It had finally stopped going of as far as the alarm goes, but it still told time really well. Unfortunately, I have no real use for an alarm clock without an alarm -- so into the raw materials bin it went!
I went through my jewelry tackle box, and dug up about five watches that have been sitting in there for longer than 8 years, dead. Some of them very ugly and worn.
Lastly I plucked up a really crappy photo-frame that included a clock on the opposite side. The frame was plastic, and it served a purpose when I picked it up. Now it's purpose was to be dismantled.

So much time to kill.

I started with the digital clock. I took out each screw very carefully and set them aside for later. I can always put them into a little vial later on down the line. Wires were cut, switches removed. I took what I wanted from the clock now laying decimated on my little keyboard tray.

Time was still moving forward so I went to the next piece -- the photoframe clock.
This clock was very easy to dismantle, and didn't have any effect on the over-all movement of time in the first place.

Drastic measures had to be taken!

I started on the smaller watches, whittling away at time in my hands.

Each dissection of wathc filled up my little box of time with it's own little uniqueness.