Chiisana Tokai Clock: Red

$198.00

Small enough to hold in your palm, large enough to change a room. Chiisana Tokei means tiny clock in Japanese — and Riki Watanabe meant every word of it. In 1970, he quietly upended an era of oversized, overdecorated timekeeping with this compact, confident circle of a clock.

The red here is the red of a good omen, a ripe tomato, a front door you notice from down the street. Unapologetically cheerful.

Relief numerals rise from the cream dial in quiet unity — tactile, considered, calm. Time, kept softly and silently.

Wall or table, your call — the included stand makes both equally at home. Crafted by Lemnos, the Japanese clock house making timepieces since 1947, and part of the permanent collection of the JIDA Design Museum.

The best things come in small packages — and occasionally in red.

4.75”⌀ x 3” - The clock does not feature a second hand and has no ticking sound. 
The image of the white clock is only to show the stand, this clock has a red accent band. (white arriving in April)

These carefully chosen and crafted pieces represent a considered mix of the esoteric and the highly pragmatic. Many of these simple things reflect the hand of the artisan or the quiet genius of the inventor. They are useful in ways that are difficult to quantify but, if pressed, we would say they make life a little more efficient and a lot more beautiful.

We would be great together -

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