Time crystals are matter that 'ticks' even at rest, like eternal clocks predicted by Frank Wilczek. In a new experiment, physicists coupled two types: discrete (rigid rhythm, like a metronome) and continuous (tempo changes, like a spinning top). The result was a hierarchy resembling a matryoshka doll: the continuous crystal adopted the rhythm of the discrete one, and an additional temporal layer emerged that wasn't built-in originally. Usually, disorder grows in systems (entropy), but here a pattern emerged on its own — a principle familiar from the Standard Model of physics and the 'ticking' of pulsars. Remarkably, only five ytterbium ions at ultracold temperatures were enough for this. Such 'matryoshka' rhythms promise ultra-precise clocks and quantum memory based on perpetually oscillating atoms.