Strange Clocks

Word Clock

The time, spelled out

How to read it

  1. Read the bright letters from top to bottom. It's a 12-hour clock.

  2. The time is rounded down to the nearest 5 minutes.

  3. Each lit corner dot adds 1 extra minute (up to 4).

  4. 'Past' counts from the hour; 'to' counts toward the next one.

The story

Letter-grid clocks that spell the time became famous in 2009, when the German studio Biegert & Funk released the QLOCKTWO. The time is shown rounded to five minutes.

Year
2009
Place
Germany
Creator
Biegert & Funk

Fun fact

A single letter grid must spell out all 144 five-minute times on a 12-hour dial.

Learn to read time again.

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