Minimalist Wood Wall Clock – Silent Quartz, 5 Color Options

Five colors is unusual for a minimalist clock, which normally arrives in black or white and stops there. Here it is Grey, Blue, Orange, Green and White. Orange is the outlier and the one that turns this into a decorative object as much as a functional one, since a colored face reads as a shape on a wall well before anyone gets around to checking the time on it.

Wood is a sensible case material for a clock meant to stay visually quiet, because it carries color without gloss. A painted wood face returns light diffusely rather than bouncing a window back at whoever is looking, which is a real problem with high-shine plastic faces in a bright room. The movement is silent quartz, with a sweeping rather than stepping hand.

Minimalist faces trade legibility for calm, so the distance it will be read from is worth thinking about. In a hallway or a bedroom that rarely matters. In a kitchen, where the time gets checked at a glance, it can.

• Case material: Wood
• Movement: Silent quartz
• Color: Grey, Blue, Orange, Green or White