guides by Grace Bonney 12

clock roundup

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i’ve been thinking about time a lot lately- how much time i need to finish this week’s posts, how much time it will take to cook tonight’s dinner, how much time i’ll need to get to the train station after the meet up on thursday. i always feel like time is slipping away from me and then it occurred to me that a clock might help. i have a walnut nelson clock but it still hasn’t found a new home in our apt yet. so i thought after i found a home for the nelson clock i could use a few more around the house. i still haven’t found the perfect clock but i found a few nice ones i thought i’d share. hope this helps the next time you need some more time in your day. just click “more” for the rest of the clocks…

[clocks above, clockwise from left to right: silhouette clock $278, night clock $350, yoshitomo nara clock $250, mod cuckoo clock $398, pink cuckoo $28.50, pluto clock $125]

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[photo above, clockwise from left to right: sunflower clock $965, black sunburst $45, secticon clock $260, tip top cuckoo clock $533, spy clock $25]

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[photo above: bird clock $28.50. adheres to wall like a sticker!]

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[photo above, left to right: fuso clock $287, cuckoo clock $375, font clock $1880. if only that last one was cheaper...]

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[photo above: koekoek clock $65. i love these little feathers. they're so soft and feminine]

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[photo above, left to right: wood plinth clock $49, owley clock $19.99]

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12 Comments

Brad

Cool post, but you missed one. What’s the clock in the upper-right corner of the second picture?

Thanks!

Pattie Donham

Oh my gawd, I’m crazy for clocks! It just makes me sick that I let my mom put a cool pluto clock in a garage sale. Yikes! Love your site, PattieWack

Benjy

Grace,
I’ve got the same Nelson clock! Is yours an original or reproduction? I claimed the one hanging in my grandparents’ kitchen house when they sold their house, but it’s one of the originals from ’50′s and plugs directly into the wall. I can’t find the right recessed outlet to have installed so that I can hang it… thought maybe you’d know what to do?

grace

benjy

i have a reissue from vitra and it runs on batteries. have you tried asking your local electrician or lighting store? they can usually give you an answer about something like that without charging you.

grace

wendy

caveat emptor: my nara clock stopped working after almost two years, and I have had no luck finding someone to repair it. i also contacted the retailer (myplasticheart.com), but they never responded. one clockmaker i spoke to said that it has a very old and funky mechanism that no one has on hand anymore.

Benjy

When having an electrician install some light fixtures a couple years ago, i asked him and he said he didn’t know…

I actually work for a lighting store, but since we mostly carry modern stuff I came up empty when looking at what we carry. The biggest problem is actually finding the recessed electic receptacle I need. Maybe a lighting store that sells antique lighting, etc. would have the right part…

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