BREAKING: New Phase of Matter

Wow. Complicated.
So time crystals are supposed to emulate 3-dimensional crystals, but with a crystalline pattern that can be viewed across time?
Ok, so if I'm in a tiny flying car, I can move throughout a salt crystal in 3 dimensions, and thereby view the crystalline repeating pattern of atoms.
While I'm riding my car exploring this crystal, I'm also moving through time at 60 seconds per minute.
So, if I'm exploring a time crystal, I should be able to view the different parts of the crystalline pattern as time passes. The crystal wouldn't actually be changing, it's just that we would witness different areas of the crystalline pattern as we travel along the 4th dimension, right?
If so, shouldn't a true time crystal have this temporal pattern without needing it to interact with a laser? After all, we can view 3 dimensions of a salt crystal without having to shine a laser on it.

Any luck having a time crystal without having to provide ongoing external stimuli?