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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
Floating Frames Mantel clock Copper Nickel-Plated
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed Floating Frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminium wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her workshop; no two items are alike.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Nickel
$1,989 / item
Nomon Pendulo Wall Clock By Andres Martinez
By ANDRÉS MARTÍNEZ, Nomon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
It stands out for offering a fascinating design to the hipster public the Nomon Pendulum T Clock returns the free and loose currents of a time clock.
The way in which their needles ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
$1,298 / item
Mini Rodón L Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This beautiful and sophisticated clock is designed and manufactured by the best professionals that include a machine of German origin.
Mini Rodón L wall clock : 12ts and box in chromed brass, hands in black , white or red lacquered walnut...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$539 / item
Floating Frames Mantel clock Copper Oxidized
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed floating frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminium wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her workshop; no two items are alike.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Copper
$1,990 / item
Doble O Premium Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This laborious and successful double O premium gold clock, is composed of a polished brass double rim and walnut wood hands with brass details, exuding elegance.
Not OK for outdoor ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$2,728 / item
Axioma 12 N wall clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This Axioma N clock features a chrome steel box with hands in solid walnut or wenge. The clock mechanism used is UTS Quartz
Axioma 12 N wall clock : Box in chromed brass, hands in wa...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$494 / item
Nomon Merlin Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Impossible not to stop to admire it. Impossible not to observe every detail of its configuration.
It is the Nomon Merlin 4 T Clock available in our online store with all the features that make it a very special wall clock. It is minimalism in its purest expression.
All that apparent simplicity and no leftover trait is only essential in the place where it should be.
The Merlin 4 T is a beautiful designer clock...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,188 / item
Venini Clessidra Hourglass in Sapphire Cipria Pink 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
Nomon Dos Puntos Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ø43cm clock with hands and rings made of polished steel or calabo wood.
Rings and hands in calabo wood;
central box and details in polished brass.
Available in Chrome, Brass and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel
$1,595 / item
Merlín 12 T Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Merlin 12 T Clock is a large wall clock. It comes in 125 cm and 155 cm in diameter. Ideal for placing it in large areas.
Merlin 12 T wall clock : Wood and Graphite Brass.
Each ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,188 / item
Puntos Suspensivos 12 i Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Puntos suspensivos 12 i wall clock is a wall accessory designed with the highest quality materials. It has a German UST mechanism
Puntos suspensivos 12 i wall clock : box in chrome...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome, Stainless Steel
$649 / item
Mini Puntero G Table Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
It is made with the greatest precision to represent a high-end designer clock made to turn the desktop into a true showcase where it can be seen by ever...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$396 / item
Mini Bilbao Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Mini Bilbao Clock stands out for its light circle that gives it the fine shape of the accessory. The use of fine and delicate lines allows a simple and minimalist design that doe...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
$1,232 / item
Venini Clessidra Hourglass in Apple Green 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
NSNG One More Time Clock Heated 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
$2,773 / item
Tacón 12 Gold N Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Wall clock with rectangular metal time signals that form the structure of the clock on the wall. The case is polished brass and the hands are walnut with golden counterweights.
Tacó...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,240 / item
Sunset i Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The wall clock is an object that more than giving time elegantly it also decorates any space or room.
Sunset i wall clock: Wood and Chrome
Each clock is a unique handmade piece.
C...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$407 / item
Look Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Large luxury wall clock that imitates an eye.
An artisan clock with a black fiber hoop with a central case and walnut needles.
Look wall clock : Wood an...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
$1,540 / item
Floating Frames Mantelclock Gold 24-Karat
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed Floating Frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminium wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her workshop; no two items are alike.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Gold Plate
$2,441 / item
Soft Clock, Ceramics, Black Ceramics
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Soft is a collection of sensual and tactile ceramic pieces in which Kiki looks at vernacular shapes to re-imagine them. The Netherlands has a long history of craft and Dutch designer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Ceramic
$387 / item
Mixto N wall clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Mixto N wall clock has an elegant and dynamic design , combining fine wood and chrome steel materials.
Mixto N wall clock : chromed brass and walnut, hands in walnut.
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Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$869 / item
Mini Barcelona Premium Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The modern Mini Barcelona Premium highlights the combination of golden pieces with natural walnut, which give it a more sophisticated and elegant aesthetic and quality.
Mini Barcelona Premium wall clock...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,595 / item
Rodón 12 T Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Rodón 12 T Clock is a wall clock with a serious and discreet aesthetic making it an ideal clock for spaces such as offices or business centers and meetings.
The Rodón 12 T Clock...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass, Steel
$979 / item
Bari M Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Bari M wall clock has a design in which marble is the protagonist, bringing elegance, beauty and neatness to the whole.
Bari M wall clock : Emperador or...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass
$1,155 / item
Péndulo T Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This wall clock evokes the sensations of a pendulum giving elegance to the calm and light atmosphere with a bohemian air.
Pendulo T wall clock : Hands in walnut, box and pendulum i...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,298 / item
Nomon Tacon Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
If you are looking for a simple but elegant and classy watch, then you have found the ideal.
The Nomon Heel Watch 4 T is part of the graphite collection of the world-renowned bran...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome, Brass
$1,135 / item
Bari S Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Bari S wall clock has a design in which marble is the protagonist, bringing elegance, beauty and neatness to the whole.
Bari S wall clock : Emperador or Sahara...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Marble, Brass
$935 / item
Nomon Micro Anda Wall Clock in Gold By Jose Ramirez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
You have probably valued buying an avant-garde wall clock model but have not found enough information to be able to value it. This wall clock is part of the Nomon lacquered wood coll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Ciclo Gold Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ciclo Gold wall clock made of oak or walnut veneer with polished brass hands and time signals.
Ciclo Gold wall clock : Body in walnut wood or in Oak w...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$851 / item
Omega i Table Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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 .
Omega i table clock : R...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
$1,276 / item
Mini Merlín 12 T wall clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Simple, versatile, and sober clock. The elegance of this model lies in the lightness of its time signals, which draws an imaginary circle on the wall.
Mini Merlín 12 T wall clock : g...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,254 / item
Merlín 4 Gold N Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Merlin 4 Gold N Clock is named after having as its main feature 4 time signals and finished in golden tones. Leaving behind the 12 time signals and reducing them to 4 we are able...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$814 / item
Floating Frames Mantel clock Aluminium
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed Floating frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminium wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her workshop; no two items are alike.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
$623 / item
Floating Frames Mantel clock Brass
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed Floating Frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminium wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her workshop; no two items are alike.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,942 / item
Floating Frames Mantel clock Aluminium Green
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed Floating Frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminium wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her workshop; no two items are alike.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Aluminum
$623 / item
Floating Frames Mantel Clock Copper Sandblasted Nickel-Plated
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Kiki van Eijk designed floating frames as a collection of handmade objects in anodized aluminum wire. Each piece is meticulously handmade in her workshop; no two items are alike.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Clocks
Materials
Copper
New Anda Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
New Anda Clock brings us to mind the subtle elegance of design in the 50’s. Each clock is a unique handmade piece.
New Anda Clock: Stainless steel ring, black lacquered walnut hands...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Stainless Steel
$1,045 / item
Merlín 4 T Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Merlin 4 T Clock is a large wall clock. It comes in 125 cm and 155 cm in diameter. Ideal for placing it in large areas.
Merlin 4 T wall clock : Wood and Graphite Brass.
Each cl...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$858 / item
Tacón 12 T Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Tacón 12 T wall clock is a clock with a lot of visual strength, a steel clock with 12 time signals. These lines have made the Heel clock one of the most charismatic clocks
Tacón 12 ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,240 / item
Merlín 4 i Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Merlín 4 i wall clock is ideal for decorating modern spaces of both a house and an office.
Merlín 4 i wall clock : Case made of chromed steel, Clock hand made of Polished Steel or p...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome, Stainless Steel
$748 / item
Axioma G wall clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This Axioma G clock features a polished brass box and hands in walnut . The clock mechanism used is UTS Quartz
Axioma G wall clock :Box in polished brass, hands in walnut.
Each clock...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$594 / item
Punto Y Coma I Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Punto y coma i wall clock design represents the elegant and classic forms of the well-known pendulum clock but with a modern minimalist touch and a unique design.
Punto Y Coma i cl...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$979 / item
Punto Y Coma T Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Elegant modern sophisticated glossy glamorous are adjectives that describe this wonderful graphite-finished pendulum clock with the hands in walnut noble wood.
Punto Y Coma T clock:...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$979 / item
2 Puntos Ng Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This is a wall clock with a double wooden ring, gold box and wooden needles. The mechanism is covered by the case made of polished brass.
2 puntos NG wall clock : Rings and hands i...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,155 / item
Mini Merlín 12 N Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The 12 N Mini Merlin Clock is a very versatile and original accessory ideal for completing the decoration of modern floors both in our home and in a company or office. This design is elegant and at the same time it brings a touch of simplicity unique to classic and even vintage Nordic...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$1,254 / item
2 Puntos i Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
It is a wall clock that at first glance has a design that inspires a futuristic feeling by having no more than the double ring and the hands that mark the hour and minutes. the punto...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$1,155
Pisa L Floor Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This fabulous clock has a combination of chromed steel in the box and bases with black , white or red lacquered walnut wood needles.
Pisa L floor c...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Chrome
$1,155 / item
Colgante Walnut Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Colgante Walnut is a sophisticated wall clock that is suspended from a curved metal rod finished in polished or black brass.
Colgante Walnut Wall Clock : The Case is made of Wal...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,232 / item
Brisa Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Brisa wall clock is composed of natural walnut or oak leaves and its hands are available crafted in walnut, oak finish or polished brass.
Brisa wall ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$878 / item
Átomo G Table Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
It is the perfect addition for any desktop because its simple and attractive design makes it possible to give a touch of personality to any room.
Its hands move thanks to a UTS mechanism designed in Germany.
Átomo G table...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$275 / item
Mini Merlín 4 T Wall Clock
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Simple, versatile, and sober clock. The elegance of this model lies in the lightness of its time signals, which draws an imaginary circle on the wall.
Mini Merlín 4 T wall clock : g...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$814 / item
Venini Clessidra Hourglass in Orange Indigo 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
Italian modern Black metal Floor clock with eye-shape mirror by Alias, 1990s
By Alias
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Black metal and plastic Floor clock with eye-shape mirror by Alias, 1990s
Floor clock with rear-view mirror in metal and plastic. The structure of the clock is eye-sha...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Clocks
Materials
Metal
Nomon Puntero Table Clock By Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A magnificent and avant-garde design for a desktop clock. This design has the perfect combination between chromed steel and lacquered walnut wood giving ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$924 / item
Nomon Atomo 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
$264 / item
Nomon Mini Bilbao Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Nomon Mini Bilbao Clock is a wall clock in the miniature version of the Bilbao clock. The regular version of this clock design measures about 100 cm in diameter while its reduced...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,232 / item
Nomon Dos Puntos Premium Gold Wall Clock By Jose Maria Reina
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Clock that exudes elegance and sophistication, with rings made of polished brass, combined with hands in natural walnut wood.
Rings and central box in polished brass, hands in wal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Steel
Clessidra Hourglass in Bamboo and Aquamarine Glass by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Perfectly balanced between two different colours, the sand flows through the sleek glass chambers made using the Incalmo technique, taking on its colour an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Materials
Glass
Clessidra Hourglass in Gray and Red Glass by Venini
By Venini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Perfectly balanced between two different colours, the sand flows through the sleek glass chambers made using the Incalmo technique, taking on its colour and becoming a part of it. Grains of sand, impalpable and imperceptible as a whole, yet so real, like time passing. Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini sealed it in the Clessidra in 1957
Little grains of sand, impalpable and unnoticeable as a whole yet so real, like time ticking away. Clessidra – designed by Fulvio Bianconi and Paolo Venini in 1957 – evolves in 2015, taking on a more sinuous, feminine appearance. Perfectly balanced between two different colors, sand flows through sleek glass, crafted using the Incalmo technique; as it flows, it gradually colors and becomes an integral part of the glass.
Additional Information:
Material: Glass, sand
Color: Gray/red
Dimensions: Ø 15 x H 28 cm
Available in other color options: Green river /Powder pink...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clocks
Materials
Glass
$2,299 / item
Nomon Daro Wall Clock By Andres Martinez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ø70cm clock with a length of 108 cm, characterized by its curved, polished brass elements. Hands in natural walnut wood.
Available in Walnut, Brass
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Clocks
Materials
Brass
$1,606 / 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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