The design features an iconic red paddle shaped second hand inspired by the paddles that were used to signal the arrival and departure of the swiss trains and an easy to read black and white face.
Swiss train wall clock.
The swiss railway clock was designed in 1944 by hans hilfiker a swiss engineer and sbb employee together with moser baer a clock manufacturer for use by the swiss federal railways as a station clock.
The clock takes a standard aa battery has a hole in the back to allow it to be hung from a screw and comes with a two year guarantee.
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The mondaine name and swiss railways logo are clearly shown on the clock face.
The mondaine official swiss railways watch may look dazzling on your arm but it also makes quite an impression as a wall clock or desk clock.
Brightly in the foreground or stylishly blurred in the background.
Exactly 1 5 seconds before a new minute is heralded the second hand comes to a stop.
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The swiss railway clock a hans hilfiker masterpiece sounds its whistle taking exception.
The clock itself is substantial with a nice weight to it mineral glass and a chrome metal bezel.
Housed in a mellow oak turned case with a chrome covered brass bezel having an off white coloured dial with black arabic scroll numbers.
The face of the mondaine swiss railways sbb clock has been a mainstay of minimalist bauhaus design for 70 years.
The classic swiss station clock is now available for the first time in its original format as a windows 8 app.
A purified form of modern classic design.
Our clocks collection features the same iconic swiss design that is emblematic of the mondaine official swiss railways watch.
For 2020 we update our iconic swiss railways wall clock dressing it up in a metallic monochrome for a modernist limited edition.
To some it does appear you can stop time.
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In 1953 hilfiker added a red second hand in the shape of the baton used by train dispatch staff.
The swiss railways clock from mondaine today is universally acknowledged as a classic.
Since then it has become a swiss national icon included among examples of outstanding 20th century design by both the design museum in london and the museum of modern art in new york city and its.
Surely you have noticed that the official swiss railway clock is unique.
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Swiss railway clock new and still sealed.
The clock was designed for swiss federal railways sbb by hans hilfiker and has served as a model for railway station clocks throughout europe ever since.
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