ClockClock 24
About
Humans Since 1982, the Stockholm studio founded by Per Emanuelsson and Bastian Bischoff, created ClockClock 24 as an exploration of analog mechanics displaying digital information. Twenty-four individual clock faces, each with its own hour and minute hand, coordinate their movements to form numerical digits readable as standard time. Between transitions, the hands perform choreographed patterns that treat timekeeping as kinetic sculpture.
The housing is cast from mineral composite, a material offering the weight and surface quality of stone with greater consistency than natural materials allow. Each unit receives hand assembly at the Stockholm workshop, where technicians calibrate the proprietary motor systems driving the synchronized hand movements. Both hardware and software originate from in-house development, refined continuously since the original 2008 debut.
Museum recognition followed early exhibition success. After showing at the Saatchi Gallery in London in 2010, the piece entered partnership with MoMA Design Store in New York for broader distribution. Permanent collections now include the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, the Musee International d'Horlogerie in Switzerland, and the Nationalmuseum in Sweden.
The black version presents the mechanism against a dark field, emphasizing hand movement while the housing recedes. This is not merely a timepiece but a meditation on how we represent time, transforming functional information into visual performance. For collectors of design objects that provoke ongoing consideration rather than fading into background, ClockClock 24 rewards extended attention.
