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On an unrelated note, I wish there was a wall clock with the real Swiss stop-to-go[1] action... Edit: and [2] would make for a great 11.5" laptop sticker [1]

On an unrelated note, I wish there was a wall clock with the real Swiss stop-to-go[1] action... Edit: and [2] would make for a great 11.5" laptop sticker [1] http://www.3quarks.com/en/StationClock/index.html http://www.3quarks.com/en/StationClock/index.html [2] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/SBB-CFF-FFS.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/SBB-CFF-FFS.sv...

hcarvalhoalves 14y ago
Wow, cool site! I'm obsessed with these clocks now.
JSGraef 14y ago
I'm pretty sure you can buy them from inside the SBB ticket centers, but you can at least buy wrist watches from mondaine: http://www.mondaine.com/mondaine/ http://www.mondaine.com/mondaine/ edit: Looks like you can buy the wall clocks online from SBB itself http://www.sbbshop.ch/pub/index.php?page=goods&c=8&sc=12&l=en&sbbsid=49obgjlvbn5aqnfem8l09m54g0 http://www.sbbshop.ch/pub/index.php?page=goods&c=8&s...
- sschueller 14y ago
  They do not start/stop.
  - Devilboy 14y ago
    Dealbreaker :(
  - pmjordan 14y ago
    I'm certain I've seen clocks which pause on the minute like the stop-to-go ones sold in rail enthusiast magazines, railway museum gift shops etc. many years ago. Obviously, they don't include an actual stop-to-go master/slave system, they just fake it.
    - sschueller 14y ago
      They used to make stoptogo versions back in 2001 but discontinued them because it loose or gain 20s a day. The real ones get a pulse over the power line from a master clock every minute setting the time. The rotation of the seconds is just a motor using the electric grid's 50 Hz.
Luc 14y ago
You can get master clocks and slave clocks on eBay, antique or not, with lots of character or not. But they're a pain, since you need to connect the slave to the master with a cable.
- Luc 14y ago
  Actually - you can get a little circuit board to drive the slave clock without needing a master clock. It mounts to the back of the clock. See here (in German): http://nebenuhrsteuerung.de/ http://nebenuhrsteuerung.de/
DeepDuh 14y ago
As a Swiss I'm amazed to find this all over the news today. I didn't even know that this train station clock design is that famous.
ableal 14y ago
The 3quarks.com page is exhaustive in detail about the station clock, with a customizable working clock well worth a look. At the end the author, Rüdiger Appel, points to his free iOS clock app: http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/clockmaker/id493255256?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/clockmaker/id493255256?mt=8
- wickedchicken 14y ago
  I meant a physical wall clock, not an app. I suppose I could mount and iPad on my wall and run the app, but I don't want to spend several hundred dollars on a clock that will sue me.

hcarvalhoalves 14y ago

Wow, cool site! I'm obsessed with these clocks now.

JSGraef 14y ago

I'm pretty sure you can buy them from inside the SBB ticket centers, but you can at least buy wrist watches from mondaine: http://www.mondaine.com/mondaine/ http://www.mondaine.com/mondaine/ edit: Looks like you can buy the wall clocks online from SBB itself http://www.sbbshop.ch/pub/index.php?page=goods&c=8&sc=12&l=en&sbbsid=49obgjlvbn5aqnfem8l09m54g0 http://www.sbbshop.ch/pub/index.php?page=goods&c=8&s...

sschueller 14y ago
They do not start/stop.
- Devilboy 14y ago
  Dealbreaker :(
- pmjordan 14y ago
  I'm certain I've seen clocks which pause on the minute like the stop-to-go ones sold in rail enthusiast magazines, railway museum gift shops etc. many years ago. Obviously, they don't include an actual stop-to-go master/slave system, they just fake it.
  - sschueller 14y ago
    They used to make stoptogo versions back in 2001 but discontinued them because it loose or gain 20s a day. The real ones get a pulse over the power line from a master clock every minute setting the time. The rotation of the seconds is just a motor using the electric grid's 50 Hz.

Luc 14y ago

You can get master clocks and slave clocks on eBay, antique or not, with lots of character or not. But they're a pain, since you need to connect the slave to the master with a cable.

Luc 14y ago
Actually - you can get a little circuit board to drive the slave clock without needing a master clock. It mounts to the back of the clock. See here (in German): http://nebenuhrsteuerung.de/ http://nebenuhrsteuerung.de/

DeepDuh 14y ago

As a Swiss I'm amazed to find this all over the news today. I didn't even know that this train station clock design is that famous.

ableal 14y ago

The 3quarks.com page is exhaustive in detail about the station clock, with a customizable working clock well worth a look. At the end the author, Rüdiger Appel, points to his free iOS clock app: http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/clockmaker/id493255256?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/clockmaker/id493255256?mt=8

wickedchicken 14y ago
I meant a physical wall clock, not an app. I suppose I could mount and iPad on my wall and run the app, but I don't want to spend several hundred dollars on a clock that will sue me.