Walnut and Black Split Dial Clock

Walnut, white and a spill of black

The disc is cut in two halves, walnut veneer on the left and matt white on the right, and its outline is left slightly irregular rather than a true circle. Over the middle lies one black field with soft uneven edges, covering the centre and most of the white half, so the white survives as a broad crescent along the right rim. Twelve white bars mark the hours and run from the wood across the black.

That black field is what makes the piece. It sits off centre and breaks the symmetry the markers promise, so the face reads as a composition rather than a dial. Three gold hands, one of them a thin second hand, are the only bright parts on it. On a pale wall the walnut half carries the warmth while the black half holds the eye.

Two sizes are available, 25 and 30 centimetres.