I think all designers appreciate a well designed object and for me this is certainly one of them. It’s the Quartz World Clock from Verichron and in my opinion it’s quite a sexy desk clock. It’s probably the only desk clock I’d want to have and definitely the best thrift store purchase I’ve ever had.
Here are some sexy pictures of the thing.
The thing is real wood, glass and aluminum all over. It ticks at a most enjoyable volume and weighs quite a bit which I can appreciate. There’s nothing digital about it and the clockwork in the back is great.
The face is a great big piece of aluminum with the names of different time zone related cities printed on int Helvetica. The Date Line and the “GMT”are highlighted in red and everthing else is monochrome besides the second hand.
The brilliant little second hand rotates on a clear disk and is the shape of a plane. Behind the disk, at the center of the clock is a representation of the globe, imprinted in white, centered on the North Pole.
To me this thing seems like it’s straight out of Mad Men, the one TV show the internet tells me every designer should watch and the one I haven’t gotten around to watching yet. The clock was probably made in the 80s but I think it has that international ad man feel.
It is now planted firmly on my desk (read: windowsill) to make things a little more official and professional. It also makes it seem like I need it for my full roster of international clients. It’s cool beans.
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I just acquired a working World Clock from Vericon at a garage sale. The man said he won it as a prize for being #1 Salesman in his division at IBM.
That’s a great story Jeff. It’s exactly the kind of mental image i get when i think about who owns these clocks today.
Thanks for reading.
I have one of these, too, but there are some differences The “plane” is a small triangle. It sit upright in a dome shaped aluminum arch, glass front. wood base. It has the following identifying numbers on the bottom of the base:
” 8RW37 VE ” and another ” 2085N “. I have looked across the Internet and not seen exactly one like it. Does anyone know when it was produced and the original cost? I got mine for $8 at a flea market and it works. I need instructions as to how to properly set it up. Steve