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Design Lovers, This Is the Automatic Swiss Watch For You

If you arrive in a Swiss train station today, you’ll be greeted by bright, highly legible clocks. These have helped railways run smoothly for decades, and have even come to symbolize the country ...
The New York Times

The Swiss Railways Clock That Still Keeps Travelers on Time

For 80 years, this minimalist design with a distinctive red second hand has been a fixture in the country’s train stations. By Palko Karasz Reporting from Berlin In the 1940s, Hans Hilfiker, a ...
The New York Times

Britain Gets Its First New Rail Clock Design in a Half Century

In a nod to history, the digital clock’s seconds indicator incorporates the British railway system’s renowned double arrow logo. By Susanne Fowler Reporting from London Train stations are known for ...
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Mondaine’s Classic Clock Levels Up with Internet Power

Switzerland’s railway clocks have come to symbolize a nation known for, among other things, watchmaking and hyper-punctual trains. This deceptively simple design is packed, however, with more than ...
Chicago Tribune

Barbara Koenen’s collection of 800 stopped clocks is at the Design Museum of Chicago. And you can add to it.

When Barbara Koenen describes her revelation, you picture time slowing, time stopping, time pausing on its unending march to oblivion. You imagine a young woman in Chicago struck suddenly with a ...