Silent Two-Tone Wood Dial Wall Clock, 12 in

White above, bare wood below

The face is split straight across. The part above is matt white, the part below is bare wood with the grain running sideways, and the join is a clean straight line a little below the centre. There are no numerals at all: twelve small dots mark the hours, dark against the white and pale against the wood. The hands are walnut, long and finely tapered.

The split is what carries it. With the wood filling the lower half the weight of the design sits low, so the face reads as settled rather than busy, and the dots give just enough to find the hour by. In a bedroom or a study it stays quiet, and on a wall that already has wood in it the lower band ties the two together.

Two versions are available: a warm yellow birch band, or a pale grey one in its place.