MB&F has become known for its intricately designed table clocks and timepieces featuring animals, insects, spaceships, and recently a robot, but now the Swiss company has truly outdone itself with its newest addition: Arachnophobia.

Arachnophobia has a captivating appearance as a small three-dimensional sculpture, but it is also a table (and wall) clock thought up and designed by MB&F and then engineered and crafted by L’Epee 1839.

Arachnophobia is actually inspired by a giant spider sculpture created by Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) called “Maman” that MB&F founder Maximilian Busser saw in Geneva and Doha.

Busser worked with L’Epee to complete his vision, selecting a high-end clock movement and re-creating it to appear like the mechanical head and body of a spider. Arachnophobia’s body has a black dome with white numerals to depict the hour and minute, which can be read for eight days before it needs rewinding.

Attached to the torso are eight legs made to mimic a spider’s, joining the body by ball-and-socket joints that can be positioned so Arachnophobia is either standing or sprawled out flat to serve as a wall clock.

An additional position features the table clock’s two front legs moved forward while the other six maintain a standing position to look like the arachnid from one’s nightmares. The new timepiece comes in black and 18K yellow gold-plated models.