Sunburst Clock

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In the late 1940s, George Nelson redefined what a clock could be. Rather than a vessel for numerals, he conceived it as a sculptural object, one that could animate a wall with the same authority as a painting or relief. The Sunburst Clock is among the most expressive results of that thinking. Wooden spikes radiate outward from a central metal hub in a composition that reads simultaneously as sun, starburst, and pure graphic form. The absence of numbers is deliberate: Nelson trusted proportion and rhythm to communicate time, and trusted the object itself to hold the room's attention. Designed by George Nelson, originally conceived in the late 1940s Produced by Vitra with fidelity to the original construction Wooden spoke elements with a lacquered or brass-finish metal hub Number-free dial with slender hands Conceived as wall sculpture as much as functional timepiece Vitra has stewarded Nelson's clock designs for decades, maintaining the material integrity and precise geometry that give each piece its enduring presence. The Sunburst sits naturally alongside other Nelson clocks as a collection, or stands alone as a single, confident gesture on a wall. Show more