Optical colour blender
Art. 03.07


CHF 53.00        each 

à  Optics

Wooden top with exchangeable, coloured card discs;  rotating the top produces many different colour blends.

Diameter: 10 cm; 7 discs
Design: Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack; „Original Naef“
Torsi
Art. 03.05a  small    
CHF 18.00   yellow
CHF 18.00   green
CHF 18.00   orange
Art. 03.05b  medium
CHF 22.00   yellow
CHF 22.00   green
CHF 22.00   orange
Art. 03.05c  large
CHF 24.00   yellow
CHF 24.00   green
CHF 24.00   orange

Movement creates illusion
Tuned in, spontaneous and fast reacting

Top small: Ø  40 mm
Top medium: Ø  50 mm
Top large: Ø  60 mm

Design: Yasuo Fujioka; „Original Naef“

 

Set of wooden tops
Art. 03.98

 
CHF 80.00           set

A beautifully crafted set of tops made from different wood (pear, maple, cherry, nut, plum)

Dimensions: 24,5 x 7 x 40 mm; Ø = 40 mm
Design: Yasuo Fujioka; „Original Naef“

 

Op-Tric Set
Art. 03.105


CHF 92.00           set

 

à Optics

 

The eye sees, the mind thinks – black and white is not always black and white.  Rotate the top and observe it carefully.  Five tops on a black board. 

Dimensions: board: 24,5 x 6 x 5 cm
Design: Heiko Hillig; „Original Naef“

Top with staying power
Art. 70.04


CHF 58.00        each

This aluminium top runs for five to six minutes and allows you to measure time in a contemplative mood.  Gift wrapped

Diameter: 42 mm
Height: 18 mm
Design: Christoff Guttermann

Turning over top
Aluminium


Art. 70.06         polished
CHF 38.00        each

Art. 70.06         matt
CHF 36.00        each

à  Physical toys

Once the top has gathered speed, it flips over and continues to rotate on its stem. Available in polished or matt aluminium, packaged in black india rubber.

Diameter: 30 mm / Height: 33 mm
Design: Christoff Guttermann

 

Tumbling top
Art. 70.08


CHF 46.00        each

à Physical toys

Two sections which can be combined in two ways, either to create a rotating top or a tumbling object (oloid, see illustration) which rolls down a slanting plain in a swaying movement.

Height: 30 mm
Colour: blue

Design: Christoff Guttermann

Top set
Art. 70.02


CHF 70.00        each
 

This small precision top comes with its own surface.  It is made from aluminium and Portuguese slate.  Sold in a gift box made from india rubber and natural cardboard.

Top: Ø 18 mm; H 52 mm
Surface: 12.5/12.5/1.2 cm

Design: Christoff Guttermann

Drawing top
Art. 70.01


CHF 284.00      each

The drawing top consists of an acrylic hollow body and an axis of grenadill.  The stem can be removed and the tip contains a small brass canulla filled with a coloured liquid.  As it moves, the top creates a drawing of its course.  This design is protected by copyright and limited to 1500 pieces.  Written details included in presentation box

Top: Ø 40 mm; height 60 mm
Design: Christoff Guttermann

‚Jungle dancers’
Set  of tops

Art. 70.05


CHF 120.00      set

Three dancing tops made of palm wood and ebony.  The irregular density of the palm wood makes the tops dance around each other in many different ways.  Sold in a box made of black corrugated card and unpolished wood.


Dimensons: Ø 11-20 mm; height 20-35 mm
Design: Christoff Guttermann

Dancing top
’Papua’

Art. 70.03

CHF 47.00        each

The Papua top is made of dyed coconut shell and grenadill and comes in a container of black corrugated card.  The deliberate use of irregular growth in the coconut shell has the effect of a light dancing movement.

Top: Ø 25-30 mm; height 46-52 mm
Design: Christoff Guttermann

Rollerball
Dyna-Bee
Art. 157.39


CHF 30.00        each
Rollerball gives you a sense of the force of a top.  The top lies inside a spherical casing and its axis in a surrounding groove.  An opening allows the starting of the top.  As the casing is slowly tilted, the axis is pressed on to the groove upwards on one side and downwards on the other. If operated with skill, the top accelerates more and more.

Dimensions: Ø  70 mm

Levitron (wood)
Art. 157.63


CHF 100.00      set

à  Magnetics

Challenge gravity and let the Levitron top hover for up to five minutes!  This physical phenomenon is based on centrifugal forces and two repelling magnets.  Includes detailed instructions and discs for taring.  Height-adjustable feet enable easy alignment.  Made from soft cherry wood (and therefore very delicate).

Dimensions: Ø  16 cm

Levitron
Platinum Pro
Art. 157.24


CHF 90.00        each

à Magnetics

Challenge gravity and let the Levitron top hover for up to five minutes.  This physical phenomenon is based on centrifugal forces and two repelling magnets.  Includes detailed instructions and discs for taring.  Height adjustable feet make alignment simple. 

Levitron
Omega
Art. 157.35


CHF 80.00        each

à Magnetics

Challenge gravity and let the Levitron top hover for up to five minutes.  This physical phenomenon is based on centrifugal forces and two repelling magnets.  Includes detailed instructions and discs for taring.  Height adjustable feet make alignment simple. 

Levitron
Starter
Art. 157.74


CHF 18.00        each

à Magnetics

Starter for Levitron hovering tops.
Euler’s Disc
Art. 202.23


CHF 78.00        each

à Physical toys

Named after the famous mathematician Leonard Euler. A glittering chromuim disc, standing on its edge,  is placed on a concave mirror surface.  It turns faster and faster und, finally, ends up lying flat on the base.

Chromium disc: Ø 7 cm
Mirror surface: Ø 22 cm

 

Celtic Rattleback
wood

Art. 120.10

CHF 36.00        light
CHF 36.00        dark

These wooden pieces are quite idiosyncratic!  Forget the theorem that a turning impulse is maintained.  The wooden rattleback has a mind ot its own.  Even the Celtic Druids used its hidden characteristics to manipulate decisions in their favour.  To find out more about its workings, read the text by Dr. Christian Ucke (an expert in physical toys) or ask a physicist.  It’s all about rotation, friction and axis of inertia.

Size: 15 cm

Celtic rattleback
synthetic material
Art. 157.22


CHF 7.00          red
CHF 7.00          blue
CHF 8.00          green
CHF 8.00          purple

The rattleback (here in synthetic material)  has a mind of its own.  Even the Celtic Druids used its hidden characteristics to manipulate decisions in their favour.  To find out more about its workings, read the text by Dr. Christian Ucke (an expert in physical toys) or ask a physicist.  It’s all about rotation, friction and axis of inertia.

Size: 10 cm

Gyroscope Original
Art. 18.04

CHF 42.00        each
A high-tech top which defies gravity

Axis: 70 mm

 

Gyrowheel
Art. 157.21


CHF 12.00        each
 
This wheel (with magnets mounted on each side) moves on a guiding rail.

Dimensions: 30 cm

Optica
Art. 11.01

CHF 15.00        each

à Optics
 
Beautiful wooden top with optical effect.
Chasingtop
Art. 18.08

CHF 32.00        each


 
This Japanese set includes the top, a special stand and two wooden discs.
Ufo
Art. 18.07

CHF 45.00        each


 
Japanese top consisting of rotating discs in various colours.
Glockenkreisel
Art. 18.06

CHF 26.00        1 St.


 
Japanischer Holzkreisel in Glockenform.