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The 10 Best wall clocks

<b>1. Gisela Graham Blue Ship, £17, debenhams.com</b>

A playful bit of kitsch with a distinct nautical feel – witness the ships and seagulls. Has easy-to-read red numbers, so ideal for kids. — **1. Gisela Graham Blue Ship, £17, debenhams.com** A playful bit of kitsch with a distinct nautical feel – witness the ships and seagulls. Has easy-to-read red numbers, so ideal for kids.

<b>2. Flap Analogue, £60, habitat.co.uk</b>

The pleasing flip and modish face make this a well-known design classic beloved of banks and building societies the world over. — **2. Flap Analogue, £60, habitat.co.uk** The pleasing flip and modish face make this a well-known design classic beloved of banks and building societies the world over.

<b>3. Diamantini & Domeniconi Tablita, £39, awhiteroom.com</b>

The face is a chalkboard on which you can write sweet nothings (or else reminders to walk the pooch). — **3. Diamantini & Domeniconi Tablita, £39, awhiteroom.com** The face is a chalkboard on which you can write sweet nothings (or else reminders to walk the pooch).

<b>4. John Lewis Silver Bird, £50, johnlewis.com</b>

A dainty little bird sits on the side of this open-faced black bar clock, as if it is has paused for a momentary sing-song. — **4. John Lewis Silver Bird, £50, johnlewis.com** A dainty little bird sits on the side of this open-faced black bar clock, as if it is has paused for a momentary sing-song.

<b>5. Newgate Bullit, £65, selfridges.com</b>

Rocket-age shape and the stark black Arabic numerals redolent of the Sixties. It's relatively hardy, too, in durable acrylic. — **5. Newgate Bullit, £65, selfridges.com** Rocket-age shape and the stark black Arabic numerals redolent of the Sixties. It's relatively hardy, too, in durable acrylic.

<b>6. Riccio, £130, conranshop.co.uk</b>

This has a pleasing down-home quality to it, the result, presumably, of the granny-like knitting which encases the face. — **6. Riccio, £130, conranshop.co.uk** This has a pleasing down-home quality to it, the result, presumably, of the granny-like knitting which encases the face.

<b>7. Lexon Side, £31, giftswithstyle.co.uk</b>

Created to stick out proud from the wall or down from the ceiling. But you can mount it the old fashioned flat way, too. — **7. Lexon Side, £31, giftswithstyle.co.uk** Created to stick out proud from the wall or down from the ceiling. But you can mount it the old fashioned flat way, too.

<b>8. John Lewis Silver Spike, £30, johnlewis.com</b>

John Lewis describes this as looking like an exploded clock face, but we think it looks more like a snow flake. — **8. John Lewis Silver Spike, £30, johnlewis.com** John Lewis describes this as looking like an exploded clock face, but we think it looks more like a snow flake.

<b>9. Karlsson White Falling Numbers, £38.99, goclock. com</b>

Seemingly all the numbers have slid down the face. Cool, but perhaps not the easiest to read. — **9. Karlsson White Falling Numbers, £38.99, goclock. com** Seemingly all the numbers have slid down the face. Cool, but perhaps not the easiest to read.

<b>10. Next Time Projection, £85, contemporaryheaven.com</b>

Not, in the strictest sense, a wall clock, but it does project the time, date and year onto your wall. — **10. Next Time Projection, £85, contemporaryheaven.com** Not, in the strictest sense, a wall clock, but it does project the time, date and year onto your wall.

By Samuel Muston – 26 September 2012

Keep time in style with our selection of top clocks, from the plain and simple to the weird and woolly.

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