QlockTwo Touch Table Clock With Alarm

Compact, tabletop timekeeper boasts an alarm feature, plus adjustable illumination, night light and lights-out functions. Like the larger models in the QlockTwo family, this innovative, artful reimagining of keeping tabs on the seconds, minutes and hours is more than just a clock. The Qlock's clever display "combines the moment with the written word and turns it into a statement," notes German designers Marco Biegert and Andreas Funk of their highly awarded timepiece, which has racked up more than 30 international awards, including the prestigious Red Dot Design, iF Product Design and ADC Europe’s Gold.

Precise time is conveyed typographically, in a matrix of words, sharply illuminated by LEDs. Hours and 5-minute increments are spelled out, and a pinpoint in each corner of the square adds each additional minute. Even seconds can be displayed as an option, shown as large numbers brandished on the matrix panel.

A special screen process provides the crisply defined, lit figures on the interchangeable front panel, fixed by magnets and cut from highly polished synthetic glass or steel. (Additional panels sold separately.)

Automatic features include time using radio signals, and adjusting to ambient light. Luminosity can be adjusted manually, too, via a light sensor under the front panel. Or darken the unit completely with the "night touch" function. To read clock, simply tap surface and time appears for 2 seconds.

Five buttons on backside easily control unit. Among them is the "night light," which is activated with separate on and off buttons. There's another to control the alarm, which can be gentle or, as Marco and Andreas say, sound with "some persuasion." There's always the "snooze" by touching the top of the frame.

QlockTwo Touch masters more than 20 languages. Because front cover plate can be easily removed, you can replace with another language plate, available as an accessory. Or you can order first in a selected language. Contact A+R directly to special order.