CLOCKS & WATCHES

Designer wristwatches, chronographs, wall clocks & table clocks made in the 1980s and 1990s in the US and Japan. It's fitting that designers formerly of the Memphis Group like Ettore Sottsass, Natalie du Pasquier and George Sowden, as well as those who shared its zeitgeist like Shohei Mihara, would put their energies towards the conception of timepieces. These are designers who effectively disowned time and all the heavy nostalgia of it. But they also embraced its state of constant change. The result of this dual rapport is timepieces that continually speak to the senses of the reader, a conversation programmed by the designers to evolve with time's passing.  Repetitive patterns, colors that jog perception, the use of "high" and "low" materials like the look of marble on industrially made metal and plastics, and designs that required innovation in industrial manufacturing. All characteristics of these postmodern timepieces.

 

Rare Memphis Postmodern Wristwatch by Nicolai Canetti for ArTime Collection, 1986 Swiss made
Rare Memphis Postmodern Wristwatch by Nicolai Canetti for ArTime Collection, 1986 Swiss made

Rare Memphis Postmodern Wristwatch by Nicolai Canetti for ArTime Collection, 1986 Swiss made

$575.00
Desk Clock by Nathalie du Pasquier & George Sowden for Neos Lorenz, 1988 Italy
Desk Clock by Nathalie du Pasquier & George Sowden for Neos Lorenz, 1988 Italy

Desk Clock by Nathalie du Pasquier & George Sowden for Neos Lorenz, 1988 Italy

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Alessandro Mendini Wristwatch for Studio Alchimia, Museo Alchimia 1986
Alessandro Mendini Wristwatch for Studio Alchimia, Museo Alchimia 1986

Alessandro Mendini Wristwatch for Studio Alchimia, Museo Alchimia 1986

$350.00
Post-modern Cloud Clock by Heide Warlamis, Vienna Collection Porcelain, Numbered
Post-modern Cloud Clock by Heide Warlamis, Vienna Collection Porcelain, Numbered

Post-modern Cloud Clock by Heide Warlamis, Vienna Collection Porcelain, Numbered

$550.00
Freestanding floor clock by Japanese designer, Shigeru Uchida.
Freestanding floor clock by Japanese designer, Shigeru Uchida.

SHIGERU UCHIDA Floor Clock "Dear Morris", Italy, 1989

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'Cuckoo' mechanical clock by Robert Venturi for Alessi (Italy), 1988
'Cuckoo' mechanical clock by Robert Venturi for Alessi (Italy), 1988

'Cuckoo' mechanical clock by Robert Venturi for Alessi (Italy), 1988

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Desk Clock by GEORGE SOWDEN for NEOS, Italy, 1980S
Desk Clock by GEORGE SOWDEN for NEOS, Italy, 1980S

Desk Clock by GEORGE SOWDEN for NEOS, Italy, 1980S

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Wall Clock with 2 birds by Michael Graves for Alessi, 1992 Italy (cream beige ivory)
Wall Clock with 2 birds by Michael Graves for Alessi, 1992 Italy (cream beige ivory)

Wall Clock with 2 birds by Michael Graves for Alessi, 1992 Italy (cream beige ivory)

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Desk Clock "Paradise" by SHOHEI MIHARA for WAKITA, Japan, 1980S
Desk Clock "Paradise" by SHOHEI MIHARA for WAKITA, Japan, 1980S

Desk Clock "Paradise" by SHOHEI MIHARA for WAKITA, Japan, 1980S

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Wristwatch “Ollo” by Museo Alchimia Alessandro Mendini, Italy, 1990
Wristwatch “Ollo” by Museo Alchimia Alessandro Mendini, Italy, 1990

Wristwatch “Ollo” by Museo Alchimia Alessandro Mendini, Italy, 1990

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Wall clock by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for Neos Lorenz, Italy
Wall clock by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for Neos Lorenz, Italy

Wall clock by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for Neos Lorenz, Italy

$950.00
Wristwatch by Stanley Tigerman, numbered limited edition.
Wristwatch by Stanley Tigerman, numbered limited edition.

Wristwatch by Stanley Tigerman, numbered limited edition.

$200.00
Wall Clock GEORGE SOWDEN & NATHALIE DU PASQUIER for NEOS by LORENZ, Italy, 1980s
Postmodern Wall Clock by George Sowden and Nathalie du Pasquier, Neos by Lorenz, 1980s Italy.

Wall Clock GEORGE SOWDEN & NATHALIE DU PASQUIER for NEOS by LORENZ, Italy, 1980s

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Wall Clock GEORGE SOWDEN & NATHALIE DU PASQUIER for NEOS by LORENZ, Italy, 1980s
Wall Clock GEORGE SOWDEN & NATHALIE DU PASQUIER for NEOS by LORENZ, Italy, 1980s

Wall Clock GEORGE SOWDEN & NATHALIE DU PASQUIER for NEOS by LORENZ, Italy, 1980s

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Memphis Clock by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for Neos Lorenz Italy
Memphis Clock by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for Neos Lorenz Italy

Memphis Clock by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for Neos Lorenz Italy

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