Vitra - Spindle Clock

Vitra Spindle wall clock.

The luxury Vitra's Spindle wall clock by George Nelson certainly attracts attention with beautifully rounded walnut spindles and the beautiful uneven hands.

With the high-quality quartz movement and carefully designed details, this is a wall clock with an extremely reliable movement and also a beautiful decorative item.

Between 1948 and 1960, George Nelson's office designed more than 150 clocks for the American clock manufacturer Howard Miller. The collection consists of wall clocks and table clocks characterized by imaginative shapes, of a modern spirit and characteristic is the absence of numbers.

Nelson's mission was to add more modern design to ordinary American homes, and he succeeded brilliantly - today the clocks are cherished as international design classics and masterpieces of mid-century American design.

Material: Aluminium, walnut
Color: Brown
Dimensions: Diameter 57.7 cm
Note: Operates on 1 x 1.5V AA battery (included)

About the designer:

George Nelson (1908-1986) was an American architect and designer who is considered one of the greatest American designers of the mid-twentieth century. Nelson studied at Yale University and in Rome, where he became familiar with European architecture and design. After returning to the United States, Nelson joined Herman Miller, where he soon took on the position of Design Director.