Arne Jacobsen Bankers Clock

Time becomes tangible in this sculptural meditation on duration and design. Born from the austere elegance of Denmark's National Bank in 1971, this table clock transforms the simple act of reading time into an encounter with pure form.

Jacobsen understood that true luxury lies not in embellishment, but in the courage to subtract until only essence remains. The monochromatic dial creates a study in restraint—black against deeper black, where each hour marker emerges with quiet confidence.

The most captivating detail reveals itself in the shifting white hour indices—delicate points that migrate around the circumference like a subtle constellation. This nuanced rhythm embodies the Danish master's obsessive attention to proportion, where functionality transcends utility to become poetry.

A single red sweep hand provides the only gesture of color—kinetic punctuation against the restrained composition. Created by Denmark's most internationally celebrated architect-designer, whose functionalist approach contributed essentially to modernism's humanistic evolution, this timepiece represents more than measurement—it is a daily ritual of considered living.

Designed by Arne Jacobsen
4.3" x 4.7"
2 AA batteries required. Batteries not included
Impact-resistant hardened glass and polymer construction
Solid Stainless Steel base