Modern Clocks
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
NSNG One More Time Clock Sandblasted Stainless Steel
Located in Eindhoven, NL
No Screw No Glue is an iconic range of furniture and objects designed by Joost Van Bleiswijk in which the components are laser cut and assembled by slotting the pieces together. As t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Stainless Steel
$2,298 / item
NSNG One More Time Clock sandblasted Brass
Located in Eindhoven, NL
No Screw No Glue is an iconic range of furniture and objects designed by Joost Van Bleiswijk in which the components are laser cut and assembled by slotting the pieces together. As t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$2,951 / item
Barcelona Premium wall clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The modern Barcelona Premium watch incorporates a more glamorous point in its design, and stands out for the brass finish of its double fiberglass ring.
Barcelona Premium wall clock ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,870 / item
Eslabón Marble Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Eslabón Walnut wall clock has a unique style with a design that seeks to convey warmth elegance . The hands of this clock are delicately made with walnut wood, case in marble and the...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
$1,738 / item
Aire G Table Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
It is a design clock that can be displayed on a modern furniture of minimalist style. It is an ideal piece for design houses , modern flats and offices.
Aire G table...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,089 / item
Omega G Table Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Omega G Clock impresses by keeping a clock suspended in the air while losing its depth by removing unnecessary items and making it simple and glamorous .
Omega G table...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Stainless Steel, Brass
$1,276 / item
Schauer Industrial or Station Clock, Vienna, 1964
By Schauer
Located in Vienna, AT
Four pieces available
The clock is in perfect condition, no major scratches, no glass scratched.
Flat glass cover, black painted figures an ivory white embossed dish,
painted blac...
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel
Venini Clessidra Hourglass in Grey Acquamarine Murano Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clessidra hourglass in amber murano glass by Paolo Venini and Fulvio Bianconi. Little grains of sand, impalpable and unnoticeable as a whole yet so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Materials
Murano Glass
Micro Anda Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Micro Anda wall clock is one of the best models you can get on the market. It has a graphite finish brass case and ring and walnut hands. Its diameter is 40 centimeters and its heigh...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$682 / item
Nomon Axioma Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With a diameter between 74 and 100 cm this clock is a modern model with wooden touches that conveys warmth and a cozy feelings. One of its peculiarities and what makes it different f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Polystyrene
$594 / item
Cris N Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This exclusive clock has a walnut minutes made with a red tip the other made of white fiberglass with the walnut tip its earth colors make it easy to combine and its open design give...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$759 / item
Puntero N Table Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Puntero N table clock is a clock whose design makes it an elegant and stylish decorative piece.
The German UTS mechanism guarantees the accuracy of its operat...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$747 / item
Brisa G Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Brisa G wall clock is composed of natural walnut or oak leaves and its hands and time signals are available in polished brass.
Brisa G wall clock: Body in walnut , Oak or both w...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$878 / item
Established & Sons Small Font Clock by Sebastian Wrong
Located in London, GB
The iconic calendar clock, with its distinctive form and flip mechanism, has an established following in design circles. Sebastian Wrong deliberately increases our attraction to its retro look by introducing an ever-changing display. The Font Clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Aire Table Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
It is a design clock that can be displayed on a modern furniture of minimalist style. It is an ideal piece for design houses , modern flats and offices.
Aire table clock : Black fib...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
$1,089 / item
Bilbao N Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Bilbao N Clock is a wall clock with a minimalist and colorful design that combines shapes and materials that characterize it as a modern clock and with personality. It is made wi...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
$1,518 / item
Tacón 12 L Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This clock is made of lacquered walnut wood and chromed steel in the case and the 12 time signals. Its hands come in three different presentations: red white or black. It is the type...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$1,240 / item
Tacón 4 T Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Tacón 4 T wall clock focuses exclusively on the essential details, which makes it Stand out for its Minimalist presence wherever you place it.
Tacón 4 T wall clock: graphite finishe...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$704 / item
Tacón 4 L Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Tacón 4 L wall clock shows simple clean forms and subtle elegance adding the natural touch of lacquered walnut wood, which also provides a sense of fluidity between the spaces in you...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$891 / item
Nomon Cris Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ø80cm clock composed of a walnut wood hour hand and a fiberglass minute hand on top of a metal ring. Contemporary design and great visual impact.
Chromed metal details, white fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$759 / item
Nomon Oj Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A wall clock tends to resemble its owner. Its design, color and resolution, the style of the one who placed it in that precise place and that's why the frequent alternatives are so varied.
When the wall clock you need meets many of the characteristics of your personality as a taste for the minimalist innovative trends and a lot of originality the option is undoubtedly the Nomon OJ Clock.
The OJ is a true designer clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Polystyrene
$198 / item
Church-Shaped Decorative Clock
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Decorative clock in the shape of a church. It represents a picturesque miniature church, richly detailed to evoke traditional European architecture....
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Clocks
Materials
Resin
Nomon Brisa Wall Clock By Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FOR THE FIRST TIME, NOMON WORKS WITH SUBTLY FOLDED WOODEN STRIPS. THE SILHOUETTE CONNECTS US WITH NATURE, EMULATING AN OPEN FLOWER IN ALL ITS SPLENDOR.
Clock made with natural wal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$878 / item
Flip Top Jean Table by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in Basildon, London
Introducing the stunning Flip Top Jean Table by renowned designer Eileen Gray. Crafted with the finest materials and impeccable attention to detail, this table exudes luxury and soph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Irish Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
$1,498 Sale Price
30% Off
20th Century Gübelin Wecker Tischuhr Bronze Vergoldet 8 Tagewerk Datum
By Guebelin ( Gübelin )
Located in Epfach, DE
Gübelin Wecker oder Tischuhr von Gübelin Schweiz um 1960-1970
Bronze vergoldet in quadratischer Form mit erhabenen Vierecken in Matt -und Glanzvergoldung
Der Wecker oder die Tischuhr...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Modern Clocks
Materials
Gold, Bronze
$1,235 Sale Price
20% Off
Nomon Mini Oj Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
It is increasingly common to see a wall clock located anywhere in a house without regard to traditional areas such as the kitchen. This has a reason to be: This type of clocks has become an original decorative element. A design clock like the Nomon mini OJ gives great personality to any room where you place it and thanks to its dimensions of just 50 cm in diameter it also makes it a jovial and curious object.
A wall can be completely empty but when you place an adhesive clock on it, it will be rightly decorated without the need to add any other decorative element.
Only with its presence a wall clock can enrich a place without recharging it much more since its design will be enough. It is the kind of magic that you achieve when having a Nomon OJ mini clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Polystyrene
$198 / item
Nomon Mini Axioma Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
While the box and the 8 time points are chromed steel. Its avant-garde style mixes natural materials with industrial materials so it adapts to a wide variety of decoration styles. Yo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Polystyrene
Plexiglass Table Clock, 1970s Design.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Plexiglass table clock, 1970s design.
1970s table clock, contemporary design, plexiglass.
H: 35cm. W: 25cm, D: 13cm
Category
20th Century French Modern Clocks
Materials
Plexiglass
Nomon Rodon Mini Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple, versatile, and sober clocks. the elegance lies in the lightness of their time signals, drawing an imaginary circle on the wall.
Suitable to any space, it preserves the conce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Column Clock by Papier Langackerhäusl
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Column clock
W255 D255 H1750 mm
Standing tall and confident, our column clock elegantly refines the passing of time.
With its clean lines and gently swaying pendulum, it reassures even the most
anxious observer, that time will go on. Battery-operated Junghans quartz...
Category
2010s Austrian Modern Clocks
Materials
Parchment Paper
NSNG One More Time Clock heated corten
Located in Eindhoven, NL
No Screw No Glue is an iconic range of furniture and objects designed by Joost Van Bleiswijk in which the components are laser cut and assembled by slotting the pieces together. As t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel
$1,585 / item
French Table Clock With Marble Base and Figure
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
French table clock with marble base and figure.
French table clock, with a greenish marble base, topped by a lady's figure. The marble base is supported by four bronze feet decorated...
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Nomon Look Wall Clock By Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large luxury wall clock that imitates an eye.
An artisan clock with a black fiber hoop with a central case and walnut needles.
The Nomon Look ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,540 / item
ATO Electric Table Clock, 1940s
By Léon Hatot
Located in Paris, FR
ATO is a prestigious watchmaking brand founded by Léon Hatot (1883–1953).
He studied at the National School of Watchmaking in Besançon from 1895 to 1898. Between 1918 and 1919, a fac...
Category
1940s French Vintage Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Nomon Mini Puntero Table Clock By Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Átomo clocks, whose design reflects creativity with a great sense of refinement, dress the corners of tables and provide light and style.
ø10cm clock with natural walnut wood body...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Nomon Omega Table Clock By Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reinventing with its structures Nomon brings you a clock from the desktop collection with an innovative and elegant design.
The Omega I Clock impresses by keeping a clock suspended in the air while losing its depth by removing unnecessary items and making it simple and glamorous. A fashion clock that will give your home office or business the sophistication you were looking for.
The latest trend in office decoration pieces and elegant spaces is here with the desktop clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$1,276 / item
Established & Sons Medium Font Clock by Sebastian Wrong
Located in London, GB
The iconic calendar clock, with its distinctive form and flip mechanism, has an established following in design circles. Sebastian Wrong deliberately increases our attraction to its retro look by introducing an ever-changing display. The Font Clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Porsche Design Titan Chronograph by IWC ref. 3700 series
Located in Mérida, YU
This is a original very collectable IWC Porche Design Titanium Automatic Men's Watch.
Swiss Manufacture
42 mm
Mechanical Movement.
Calibre 7750.
Year 1980.
PORSCHE DESIGN TITAN CHR...
Category
1980s German Vintage Modern Clocks
Materials
Other
10.5" Brass Clock with tinted epoxy by Daughter Manufacturing
Located in Camden, ME
This stunning clock is made of a single spun piece of solid brass. It is designed with inlaid varying sized brass rings and then filled with tinted epoxy poured. The hour and min...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Blue Hour Table Clock Signed by Adam Ruiz & Cyril Fuchs
By Adam Ruiz
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue hour table clock signed by Adam Ruiz & Cyril Fuchs
Dimensions: 50 x 27 x 4 cm
Materials: Sculpted steel
Handscultped, signed
The blue hour is a steel clock weathered with ...
Category
2010s French Modern Clocks
Materials
Carrara Marble, Copper
NSNG One More Time Clock Patinated Brass
Located in Eindhoven, NL
No Screw No Glue is an iconic range of furniture and objects designed by Joost Van Bleiswijk in which the components are laser cut and assembled by slotting the pieces together. As t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$2,950 / item
Nomon Barcelona Wall Clock By Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Nomon's large Barcelona wall clock a design clock with two large rings and needles in natural walnut wood.
The clock with a large minimalist design has a diameter of 90 cm. An eas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Fiberglass, Walnut
$1,870 / item
SOLE - OROLOGINO LACCATO GIADA - design contemporaneo esclusivo
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
This beautiful table clock is part of SOLE Table Clocks Line created by designer Nino Basso.
An elegant addition to a modern eclectic interior, this clock ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
MARTE OROLOGiO DA TAVOLO design moderno e decori che richiamano il mondo nautico
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
MARTE é un orologino da tavolo che abbina il design moderno con eleganti superfici lisce e particolari decorativi pescati nel mondo della nautica: 6 fili di cavetto d'acciaio c...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal, Brass, Stainless Steel
10.5" Brass Wall Clock with tinted epoxy by Daughter Mfg
Located in Camden, ME
This stunning clock is made of a single spun piece of solid brass. It is designed with inlaid varying sized brass rings and then filled with tinted epoxy poured. The hour and min...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Horloge murale Maxi Swatch MGZ 001 par Jean Michel Folon série limitée 1990
Located in London, England
Unique maxi Swatch de Jean Michel Folon.
Série Limitée Objet très recherché.
A encore sa boite d'origine avec la date d'achat
Jean-Michel Folon, né le 1ᵉʳ...
Category
1990s Swiss Modern Clocks
Materials
Plastic
Heuer Racing Clock in New Old Stock Condition
By TAG Heuer
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: TAG Heuer Watch Company
STYLE / REFERENCE: Car Rally Clock
METAL / MATERIAL: Chrome
CIRCA / YEAR: 1960's
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: 2 Inch X 2 Inch
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Heuer
DIAL / HANDS: Original Dial and Hands
WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement
I bought this clock many years ago and it was New, Old Stock at the time. In fact somewhere I should have the original box for it. But, do not hold me to it as I have no idea where it actually is.
The Heuer Racing Clock...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
10.5" Brass Wall Clock with tinted epoxy by Daughter Mfg
Located in Camden, ME
This stunning clock is made of a single spun piece of solid brass. It is designed with inlaid varying sized brass rings and then filled with tinted epoxy poured. The hour and min...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Clocks
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Marble One Cut Table Clock, Moreno Ratti
By Moreno Ratti
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble One Cut table clock - Moreno Ratti
Dimensions: D 9 x W 20 x H 20 cm
Materials: Calcata Oro marble.
The idea of this collection comes from the desire to take the concept of minimalism to the extreme, as in the Recisi series: a single cut of a geometric figure (the square) allows the creation of a functional object where the two pieces that compose it, respond to a need.
The family consists of: a table lamp (Moon Lamp) with a touch-sensitive ignition system, a clock and a solifleur.
Moreno Ratti
"When I was young I played with pieces of marble, like now.
There are a lot of marble waste...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Clocks
Materials
Marble
$653 / item
Negretti & Zambra Brass Pocket Barometer
Located in Astoria, NY
Negretti and Zambra Brass Pocket Barometer, early 20th century, with silvered clock face, marked "Negretti & Zambra / London", in red leather case monogrammed "G.C.C." to front and m...
Category
20th Century British Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
1980s Seiko Quartz Skeleton Desk Clock in Brass
By Seiko
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1980s Modern Seiko Skeleton Quartz Desk Clock in Brass
9 h x 7 w x 1.75 d
Preowned unrestored vintage condition
Tested and working
See images provided"
Preowned unrestored vintage co...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
Modern Metal SARA Ribbon Wall Clock
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sara Ribbon Metal Wall Clock
stainless steel
2 d x 12 diameter
Preowned vintage condition
See all images for condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Micro Barcelona T wall clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Wall clock with double ring structure in black fiberglass that contains a graphite finished brass case and walnut hands in the center.
The whole set is grouped and held by a support ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$836 / item
Nomon Punto y Coma Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant modern sophisticated glossy glamorous are adjectives that describe this wonderful graphite-finished pendulum clock with the hands in walnut noble wood.
The possibility of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Swing G Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Swing Gclock will allow you to maintain an interior design that stands out for incorporating a delicate and simplistic soft touch no matter what room you are in. The comfort of t...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,012 / item
Venini Clessidra Hourglass in Red Straw Yellow Murano Glass
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clessidra hourglass in amber murano glass by Paolo Venini and Fulvio Bianconi. Little grains of sand, impalpable and unnoticeable as a whole yet so real, like time ticking away. In 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Materials
Murano Glass
Glass and Chrome Long Case Clock Attributed to Pace Furniture
Located in Denton, TX
Stunning tower of glass with a by-pod base and mirrored clock dial, This runs on a battery movement so no need to wind .
Category
Late 20th Century North American Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
Punto Y Coma N Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Punto Y Coma N wall clock is large and beautifully designed in the style of modern minimalism its ideal for interior decoration.
Each clock is a unique handmade piece.
Punto Y ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$979 / item
Nomon Bilbao Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This particular wall clock with lacquered walnut and wooden hands measures 105 cm in diameter and also has parts - such as the hoop and the case - in chromed steel. Its design fits e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,518 / item
Modern clocks for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern clocks for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage clocks created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern clocks made in a specific country, there are Europe, Spain, and Italy pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original clocks, popular names associated with this style include ANDRÉS MARTÍNEZ, José María Reina, Kiki van Eijk, and Nomon. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for clocks differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $170 and tops out at $52,594 while the average work can sell for $1,260.
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