Ampex keeps on ticking – A reel clock! By Ian Cohen - August 28, 2021 2019 This is the coolest clock I’ve ever seen. Musician and clock maker Robert Heft recycles old tape reels by turning them into clocks. If you need a clock in your music space, this is a cool as it gets. Robert Heft Ampex 456 Tape Reel clock hangs in my studio.