So life did what life does and got in the way of this project.  I started a new job in a new state and ended a 10 year relationship with my ex, but this project is still not dead!

Right before I left the state I was living in I managed to mill out the Australian Red Gum burl I'm using as a body.  This is a HARD wood and I definitely needed to cut it on a slower speed with the saw - it was VERY smokey.  I made another grievous mistake and didn't true the sides before making all the holes and milling out the center and so it slipped between holes.  They're slightly offset but it's not noticeable.  Of course the test piece I used was already trued so I didn't have any problems in the prototype.

I used linseed oil on the wood and I'm really really happy with how it looks.IAnd the buttons!  I haven't mounted them in the clock, but I bought a piece of brass pipe from a big box home improvement store and turned it on my lathe before I moved.  I FINALLY got around to trimming the watch hands I got from my former FIL down, filling the turned brass with FIMO (polymer clay) and placing the hands, watch gear, and pressing the key switch into the back and baking them.  Voila!  30 minutes later, custom buttons.  Again, really happy with how this worked out.  The gear is the "settings" button, the 11:55 is the decrease button, and the 12:05 is the increase button.

I really like the analog buttons on the digital clock.  Don't think I've seen it before!