Wavy Wooden Table Clock with Silent Sweep Hand in Black, Cream or Red

A table clock with a soft, wavy outline, a thick glossy border and a plain cream face, so it reads as a small piece of sculpture on a desk or a shelf and still tells you the time at a glance. It stands on its own on a slim metal stand at the back, and the second hand sweeps round instead of ticking, which keeps a bedroom or a home office quiet.

No ticking. No wall fixings. No crowded dial.

A clock shaped like a pebble, not a plate

Most desk clocks are a circle or a square, and after a week on the shelf you stop seeing them. This one rises to a rounded top, dips in at the upper left, swells out low on the left and twice down the right, then narrows to a soft rounded base. Nothing is sharp and no two sides match, so the clock looks a little different from wherever you happen to be sitting.

The border is a thick, rounded rim with a glossy painted finish that catches the light from a window. Inside it the cream face sits slightly lower, matte and calm, with only three numbers on it: 12, 3 and 9. Small black diamonds mark the other hours, and a round walnut button sits just below the 6, adding a little real wood grain to the painted finish.

Quiet enough for the nightstand

A ticking clock is easy to ignore during the day and much harder to ignore at midnight, when the room goes still and every second seems to count itself out loud. Here the thin second hand glides round the dial in one continuous sweep, so there is no tick to lie awake listening to. The hour and minute hands are silver aluminum with rounded ends, and they stand out clearly against the cream face from across the room.

It runs on one AA battery, which is sold separately. At 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide it suits a desk, a bedside table, a bookshelf or the console by the front door, and the stand at the back props it at a slight lean, so it never needs a nail or a screw. Exact sizes are in the specifications.

Black, cream or red

All three share the same cream face, black numbers and walnut button, and only the border changes. Black is the quietest of the three and the easiest fit beside dark wood, leather and a monitor on a desk. Cream is soft and pale, with the border and the face in almost the same color, so it settles into a light bedroom or a white shelf without fuss. Red is a clear, glossy scarlet that makes the clock the one spot of color on a neutral shelf, and it is the one that draws the eye first.

Whichever you choose, it is a clock you will glance at for the time and look at again for the shape.

Specifications

Type: Analog table clock, freestanding

Colors: Black, cream, red (the border color; the face is cream on all three)

Material: Painted MDF wood frame and face, walnut accent, aluminum hands

Finish: Glossy border, matte cream face

Dial: Numbers at 12, 3 and 9, diamond markers at the other hours

Hands: Hour, minute and sweep second hand

Movement: Quartz, silent sweep with no ticking

Dimensions: 11 x 8 x 0.8 in (28 x 20.3 x 2.1 cm)

Stand: Slim metal stand at the back, no wall mounting needed

Power: 1x AA battery, not included

Use: Indoor, for desks, nightstands, bookshelves and entryway consoles

Package Includes

1x Wavy Wooden Table Clock