Giant silent clock?

March 12, 2006 12:51 PM

ShoppingFilter: giant silent clock?

We're looking for a large (~2 feet or more in diameter) analog wall clock. We've seen plenty, in a number of reasonably attractive styles. But we want to be absolutely sure that any clock we actually get doesn't audibly tick. Anyone have experience with big clocks that tell time in silence?

posted by grimmelm to Shopping (3 answers total)

I don't have any specifics for you, but if you keep searching, you want a clock where the movement is referred to as "sweep".
posted by nathan_teske at 12:59 PM on March 12, 2006

Best answer: I'm looking at one of these across the room from me now, and it seems relatively, if not absolutely, silent. Its run by the standard electronic movement you find in any kitchen or bathroom clock. Its actually kind of amusing. When you pull down the clock to change the battery, the diminutive size of the movement is in such contrast to the overal size of the housing.

We've had it for a couple years and I can't say I've ever noticed is make any sound.

As I write this, my wife is telling me that she saw even larger clocks on sale at Target yesterday.
posted by hwestiii at 1:00 PM on March 12, 2006

Best answer: I have one of the clocks that hwestiii linked to above. It's got a quartz movement, battery operated. As silent as any other quartz movement clock -- as in, it might make a noise, but it's so quiet, I've never heard it.
posted by crunchland at 7:42 PM on March 12, 2006