Unusual Kitchen Clock wanted

My £10 kitchen click has had better days so now on the hunt for another clock for the kitchen – any recommendations greatly appreciated.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quartz-Cuckoo-Forest-48110-QMT/dp/B01HNQY7RA/ref=sr_1_45?crid=1VPLNG7LU9FPJ&keywords=Cuckoo+Clocks&qid=1694984331&s=kitchen&sprefix=cuckoo+clocks%2Ckitchen%2C68&sr=1-45

Or maybe just a set of hands, for a more minimalist look?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/URAQT-Modern-Movement-Mechanism-Decoration/dp/B01EQZUO64/ref=pd_day0fbt_sccl_2/259-0981671-9442013?pd_rd_w=dsrjD&content-id=amzn1.sym.bfe06781-69ca-4a3a-9842-e535d2f2ae0e&pf_rd_p=bfe06781-69ca-4a3a-9842-e535d2f2ae0e&pf_rd_r=HBJQ1AKHSJARRSBR92K6&pd_rd_wg=cPi0b&pd_rd_r=60cfef0f-9d92-4923-8fd1-57ef6d37fdfa&pd_rd_i=B01EQZUO64&th=1

Image is a bit misleading though, the big hand is only about 38cm long. Still, probably worth a punt for £11.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Clock

We’ve got a modern cuckoo clock like this.
It’s not actually a cuckoo that…cuckoos every hour(during daytime), but just kind of happy tweetage of generic birds.

My partner got it and she loves it. Each time it tweets I tell her that it reminds me that, that’s another hour of my life gone that I’ll never get back.
But yeah, it’s quite nice and quirky.

I think @rich_s is winning so far, an Elvis sarcophagus clock, with an English country scene behind the hands.

The pinnacle of haute contemporary design!

And is that a poop emoji on the bottom? 😀

Is that a Lancaster bomber in the sky? the more you look, the more you see!

Some fantastic ideas there, wish I had 2 kitchens now.

The original advert…

cock clock

edit: remove big picture of cock clock

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Should have retitled this ‘Show us your Clock.

Colourful, radio controlled accuracy, £18, kitchen clock ?

Beautiful but useless for many.

Ideal for those a long way from the coast.

https://www.oceanclock.com/en/tide-clocks/2-storm-tide-clocks.html

I just have an Echo (not one with a clock display but you could if you want) and just ask Alexa the time but far more useful is being able to set multiple timers etc. when cooking + playing music.

My recommendation would be for a Kilburg Geochron with a suitable finish to match your kitchen. Always wanted one of these myself but like having friends; im not allowed:o)

Does everyones cooker not have a clock on?

We have one of those ‘cuckoo’ clocks @kayak23 shows. In a lighter grey/blue. Sounds more like a blackbird than a cuckoo but it is delightful.

In our kitchen we have an Alexa-linked Mickey Mouse clock. Fairly big and has a countdown timer display.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/18/21028249/amazon-mickey-mouse-echo-wall-clock-release

I just have an Echo (not one with a clock display but you could if you want) and just ask Alexa the time but far more useful is being able to set multiple timers etc. when cooking + playing music.

I suppose really answer to the OP’s question is “what for?”

If you just want to tell the time, you have a phone or could go old-school with a wristwatch. If you’re using it as a kitchen timer then exactly as you say, an Echo or similar is perhaps a better option.

I have a pair of Echos and a regular clock in the kitchen. The clock is broadly there because I already had a clock and there was a nail in the wall when we moved in, but it does come in handy as a backup when I forget to say “Alexa, set a timer for 20 minutes.”

A Swiss-Bahn Mondaine Stop-2-Go

(Watch carefully…)

https://uk.mondaine.com/

ETA – not £10 I’m afraid…!

Does everyones cooker not have a clock on?

yes but ours is still flashing “0:00” since the power cut 2 weeks ago, as we have a Ninja Foodi now 😂

My recommendation would be for a Kilburg Geochron with a suitable finish to match your kitchen.

Absolutely, always loved these.

There is now a cheap option, $500 for a unit that plugs into to a screen and will display aircraft, weather, satellites etc.

https://www.geochron.com/4k/

Backwards clock:

Edit:

What is going on with the link formatting? Anyway, just google “tobar backwards clock”. It’s great 🙂

I suppose really answer to the OP’s question is “what for?”

I’ve got this barometer clock in my kitchen. I check the time on it er, all the um time! Cos it’s big and visible (and analogue). And in a place that is easy to glance up at from all over the house (Well, in the kitchen or front room, anyway).
Couldn’t live without it. I’d literally die.

Anyway, that Elvis Tutankhamun clock ad has had me in tears. Good ol Viz 😂

one for wordsearch fans

How about a binary clock?

Out of stock at the moment though.

I have one of these and 2 teenagers – its always bang on!

A word clock

I suppose really answer to the OP’s question is “what for?”

If you just want to tell the time, you have a phone or could go old-school with a wristwatch. If you’re using it as a kitchen timer then exactly as you say, an Echo or similar is perhaps a better option.

Well, the cooker clock is almost impossible to set because the stupid little buttons don’t work properly, and Joey didn’t wear a watch all the time, so the clock on the kitchen wall was essential for her when she was cooking, she absolutely relied on it, and she’d notice immediately if the battery started to run low.
She also never carried her phone around.

I wear a watch, and my phone has an always-on display but if I’m in the kitchen I always check the wall clock for the time, same as I always check my watch instead of my phone – the kitchen clock has been there longer than mobile phones have been around, and I’ve been wearing a wristwatch for around sixty years so it’s just not a natural thing to do, checking a phone in my pocket.

I have a large clock I made from a 27.5 stans flow rim I’d sell asidonf use it anymore

I suppose really answer to the OP’s question is “what for?”

Yes what the op really wants is a sundial, but that’s no good in this clime with the turning of the season(ing). Correct answer is emigrate.

In what climate is a sundial useful on the kitchen wall?

Unless it’s an outdoor kitchen…

Swatch wall clock?

https://www.swatch.com/en-gb/maxi-spot-mickey-mgz323/MGZ323.html

Made to order with colours of your choice. £30 plus delivery.
Based on an Ikea carcass and mechanism