Similar to QLOCKTWO clock display and Word Clock concept, this Flip Clock tell you the time using words instead of number. It’s not as expensive as QLOCKTWO at above $1000 mark, Flip Clock will cost you £299 only if you are interested to own one.

If you want an statement piece for any room in your house – this is it!

The Flip Clock Time Talks designed by Karlsson’s team of very clever people measures L. 16cm, W. 80cm, excl 4D batt. The clock tells the time in words each 5 minutes. For example, five to three, three o’clock, five past 3, ten past three, quarter past three, twenty past three, twenty five past three, half past three, twenty five to four, etc…

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Flip Clock – Clock That Talks
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I’ve seen one in the past, the word clock that’s also tell time with word, in the pipe manner. QLOCKTWO Clock is different. The clock has a bigger dimension, shape like a big canvas pictures and it’s filled with alphabets in a random positions (10 columns x 11 rows of alphabets). QLOCKTWO clock will be able to blend into your house pretty well and it will gives you a better decoration that looks artistic and geeky.

So how will this QLOCKTWO clock display the time? it’s by lighting up the alphabets with contrast white to the black background. The mechanism is housed inside a wood box with painted acrylic or stainless steel face. Believe it or not, this stuff is handmade and the clock will have 6 languages version starting from English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and French.

The clock uses an atomic-synchronized time-signal receiver and automatically adjusts its brightness based on the ambient light around it. Pretty cool, but this clock is not a cheap stuff to get. It will cost you about €1,099.99 or about $1,565 to own one. A set of interchangeable color faceplate also available if you are willing to add €95 or $136 to the total of the price. If you find it interesting, you can go to BieGert & Funk store to get them.

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QLOCKTWO Clock Display Time Using Words – Another one?
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This word clock is certainly a weird idea. Or I should labeled it as “new method” in time reading. You won’t see any numeric character on the clock. Instead, you will see the “It’s about” and on the other separated part, “Five minutes to” and the text will scroll to the related text such as “Three” to show 02:55/14.55.

From the physical design, you will see the clock as Pipe, Cylinder Tube or anything similar. You won’t see any ticking needles. The red mark act as the pointer and it will tells you the line that you need to read to tell the current time.

As its name suggests, Word Clock tells the time in words.

The clock consists of two adjacent rolls, contained in a clear acrylic tube. A red mark indicates the line that should be read to tell the time. The left roll spells out five minute increments of time. The right roll contains the numbers one to twelve, spelled out. The gearing is such that as the minutes turn to “twenty-five minutes to,” the hour roll advances.

Muller and van Dongen applied for a patent in the United States for their “Elongated Clock” in 1982 and the patent was granted in 1984. This design has been a classic ever since.

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Word Clock: Tell Time with… Words?!
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