Today we showcase our favorite examples of unusual clock designs.
Directors Edition Digital Alarm Clock
And Cut! For all you aspiring directors, movie freaks, and people just interested in funky looking clocks, Chinavasion presents this director’s clapper-board shaped alarm clock. Looking and acting exactly like a director digital slate, this cool looking desktop accessory displays the date, and the time all the way down to deci-seconds. [order]
Digimech Clock
Numbers are printed on vertical sliders and only reveal themselves when shifted into perfect alignment with the ‘display box’. When not aligned they look like random, alien forms.
Wood Plinth Clock
A slice of natural acacia with a clear lacquer finish.
TimeSphere Wall Clock
Gideon Dagan’s clock captures the essence of pure, minimalist design. A seemingly gravity-defying ball travels around the dial to mark the time, creating an eye-catching illusion.
Orbit Clock
With its original elliptical hands this clock changes shape like a satellite changes orbit. Every minute of every hour orbit creates a new shape on your wall.
Retro Flip Down Clock
Retro and incredibly slick looking gear operated metallic flip down clock for adding flair to any desktop or table. A true eye catcher, this retro designed timepiece will accurately tell the time all day long.
Tubes Clock
The Tubes Clock is a beautiful novelty clock that is a masterpiece of engineering, six tubes on a crafted wooden base, shows the time in red LED, simply stunning.
Tik Tak Clock
Clock designed by Miriam Van Der Lubbe and Niels Van Eijk: “I wanted to express time differently – with a decorative impact as well as a practical function. The powder coated shades of grey give depth to the piece, whilst the red second hand emphasises time’s continual movement.”
Lunar Eclips Clock
Solar and Lunar Eclips are such rare natural occurances that often leave us in awe. Wouldn’t it be great if we can repeat this uncommon phenomena every hour in our own room?
Doing Time Clock
“Doing Time” makes reference to the scratched wall notations of a prisoner who uses mark making to denote the passing of time in order to preserve his humanity.
Book Table Clock
Put this table clock with your books and create the illusion.
rnd_time Infinite Wall Clock
The most unusual feature of this clock lies in its entirely random application to the wall, hence the name “rnd_time”, where “rnd” is used to indicate the random factor. Each cube is made in nylon plastic, one cube for each hour, another to house the clock hands and battery.
The Rim Clock
The Rim Clock turns all that you know about clocks inside out. Instead of staying put and pointing to numbers like the hands of other, more well-behaved clocks, the hands on the Rim Clock are actually protrusions that go around the outside and point to the wall.
Decode Clock
What time is it? The numbers immediately become apparent when the minute hand intersects with the codes.
Silver Spike Clock
Contemporary clock by Nextime which is aptly named the Silver Spike Clock. The clock features a 12 arm design and matching silver hands.
Just a Moment Clock
By creating a sequence of analog hours, minutes and seconds, the ‘Just a Moment’ clock both allows us to focus on each chronometric subdivision and forces us to reconsider the familiar angular relationships and shapes of a concentric clock’s hands. Wall-mountable.
White Matrix Wall Clock
White Matrix Wall Clock is the first world time clock with five displays using the atomic signal from DCF-77, the atomic clock radio station located in Frankfurt, Germany. Not only is the time shown extremely accurate but all five times are synchronized.
Dali Clock
Inspired by Salvador Dali’s surreal paintings, the Dali clock by Chillichilly is perfect compliment to those days when you want to watch time melt away.
Time Flies Clock
“Time Flies” are a random congregation of domestic pests who organize themselves in a way which makes them useful by demarcating the twelve numbers of the clock.
Also check out: Top 10 Brilliant Watch Designs
Online Clock
Extremely cool collection of clocks here – this is a great blog post!
We like to keep track of all the various new kinds of clocks available, and there are several new ones here we’ve never seen before.
We’d also like to humbly submit our online binary clock to your list:
http://binary.onlineclock.net
As a suggestion for a follow-up post: how about writing an article on unusual alarm clocks?…there are many new and unusual alarm clocks available.
Thanks,
Webmaster
OnlineClock.net
Sep 29th, 2008
Mena
Nice Collection … I liked the Decode Clock
Sep 29th, 2008
aaron
Hey check this one out…amendment to the list..
http://www.sonodesign.co.uk/ check out the flop clock.
Sep 29th, 2008
joss
That fly clock would only confuse the other flies in my kitchen.
Sep 29th, 2008
Anonymous
Ahh, come on! Where is the Chronophage? The Chronophage clock created by Stephen Hawking is THE single weirdest clock I have ever seen and it trumps all of those shown here.
Here is a website with both a picture of it and a video of how it works.
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/09/s_hawking_unveils_scary_18_mil.php
Sep 29th, 2008
Bronson
WOW, some really interesting takes on time keeping, but my favourite has to be the rnd_time Infinite Wall Clock, the randomness of it is very cool. The Dali one’s rock as well, but are not good for hangover days at all, they would do my head in.
Sep 29th, 2008
شات
Wow , wonderful i really like them
Sep 29th, 2008
Ali Mahisefat
The Rim Clock is fantastic
Sep 29th, 2008
cant
correction: the “tubes clock” doesn’t use LEDs but Nixie tubes rather
Sep 29th, 2008
Keane
What a great collection of unusual clocks! I think I should get one. ;)
Sep 29th, 2008
scott d
tubes and tick tack are my faves. my wife’s biological clock is thankfully just about run out.
Oct 2nd, 2008
tim
all of these clock were cool but they were all right handed clock what about us lefty’s
Oct 2nd, 2008
Jeroeng Guldemond
The Waals World Watch tells you what the time is in every time zone with just a slight notch of the clock:
Waals World Watch
Oct 3rd, 2008
tasarimci
Nice Collection
I liked the Decode Clock
Oct 4th, 2008
امید
Cool dude! all of them are so cool; and fun to use.
Oct 5th, 2008
angie
Some really interesting looking clocks but some of them are “poor” design because they fail to do their primary function, that is to tell time.
Oct 5th, 2008
yomi sopein
oh! my GOD,these clocks are beautiful and unique,thumb up for the designers..i wish i can pay to pick up one of them.i love being different.
Oct 8th, 2008
Nejc
Great designers! Would likr to have few of them at home.
Oct 15th, 2008
Diogo
I want all!
Oct 15th, 2008
Daniel
Wow Really great design just love the rnd_time Infinite Wall Clock simply superb
Oct 24th, 2008
Sier
you forget my favorite:
http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/05/01/making-your-own-clock/
Nov 11th, 2008
Zafar
i heard that there is a clock named nines clock in which instead of numbers they have equations consisting of only three nine’s.
Dec 15th, 2008
zafer yılmaz
clock:tell time
Dec 18th, 2008
ketut
nice design and creative….
Jan 6th, 2009
landy malk
all these designes are excellent, i was looking for some designs to base my technology project in DT and are was ecactly what I was looking for, Thankyou xx
Mar 16th, 2009
Toplink
beatifull designs of these clocks, bookmarked it
Apr 14th, 2009
dj
quatily article thanks for all.. nice design..
May 30th, 2009
شات
nice design and creative
May 30th, 2009
دردشة
nice design..
Jun 1st, 2009
SDFHS
quatily article thanks for all.. nice design..
Jun 19th, 2009
ahmad
very nice
they make my head spin hhhhh
Aug 1st, 2009
maxmam
thanx
quatily article thanks for all.. nice design..
Aug 31st, 2009
scott
Cool dude! all of them are so cool
Mar 31st, 2010
vesti srbija
wonderful. i really like this collection.
Apr 5th, 2010
Victor
Thanks im designing a clock as a school project and this article helped
Nov 25th, 2010
Max Katz
The wood slab and the spike clock look like 60-70’s designs.What goes around comes around,huh?
Mar 5th, 2011
aldrin
i like them, i also have my own collections have been doing it part time.
Jan 7th, 2012