This is Qlocktwo, part clock, part art – a digital timepiece that tells you the time in words using LEDs and an acrylic matrix of words.

The designers, Biegert  & Funk, have decided that you probably don’t often need to know the time exactly, with the clock displaying the time described in 5 minute intervals.  Others clearly agree as the Qlocktwo has received more than a handful of design awards.

You can choose from a range of colours, or a stainless steel finish – and now there’s a smaller desk clock version available too.  Still, as ever design goodness don’t come cheap – €885 to you…

Available from Biegert & Funk