Rustic Wood Slice Wall Clock – Silent Quartz, Natural Wood Face

The face is a wood slice, cut across the trunk rather than along it, so the dial is a cross-section with growth rings radiating from the center and the hands turning over the top of them. The outline follows the tree rather than a drawn circle, which means the silhouette is irregular by nature and no two pieces come out the same shape.

A natural wood face means nothing has been laid over the timber to even it out, so the color, the ring spacing and the position of any check belong to the particular piece rather than to a design. Cross-cut wood also presents end grain across its entire surface, which is the most absorbent orientation there is, and the reason a slice clock should not hang in a bathroom or above a stove.

It belongs in a room where other natural materials are already present, and it sits awkwardly beside painted or lacquered surfaces. The silent quartz movement means no tick in a quiet room.

• Face material: Wood
• Movement: Silent quartz