Black Wall Clocks

Simple Black Wall ClockWall clocks can be used in various ways although the most common is certainly as a decoration for bare walls. There are other ways to bring these scientific wonders into your home. Consider using one on an outside patio so the kids can see the time while playing in the backyard or swimming in the pool. Another popular use is in the garage, where working hands may become too dirty to handle a watch or a cell phone.

Infinity Instruments
Black Metal Frame
11 3/4 inches

Seiko Quiet Wall Clock
Black Dial
12.6 inches

Infinity Instruments
Black Glass Wall Clock
14.1 inches

Seiko Wall Clock
Black Metallic Case
Quiet Sweep

Black and Gold
Infinity Instruments
1 AA Battery

Black Seiko Wall Clock
R-Wave
Self Adjusting for Daylight Savings

Grand Hotel Black Wall Clock

Antique Brass and Black Wall Clock

Black Architectural Wall Clock

A wall clock by itself can help fill blank space, but pair it with similarly styled wall art and you create a tableau of color, textures and design which give greater visual appeal than the clock would give by itself. You can do this insider or outside. For those of you who live in the desert, like I do, and spend a lot of time outside, patio walls benefit from large wall clocks, too.

Karlsson Black Kitchen Clock

Karlsson Square Black Wall Clock

Black Wall Clock

Metal Black
Sunburst Wall Clock

Black Metal Sunburst
Bubble Clock

Karlsson Modern Sunburst Wall Clock

Koziol Black Silk
Wall Clock

Black Ball Sunburst
Wall Clock

Jumbled Numbers
Black Wall Clocks

At work, I have one coworker who is always 5 minutes late to every meeting. When he hasn't shown up on time, I reassure all the other attendees that he will walk in the door five minutes late, and I'm always right. The reason? The wall clock on his side of the building is constantly five minutes behind. We update it frequently but it's just always moving faster than other clocks. Then there are the clocks that move too fast and are always ahead (an employee's favorite clock, by the way).

Wall clocks today tend to be either battery operated with a quartz timer or may be described as atomic clocks.


Black and Silver Modern Wall ClockA quartz timed clock contains a small bit of quartz crystal shaped like a tuning fork. The battery drives an electrical pulse which bends the crystal prongs. When the charge stops, the crystal returns to its regular shape which causes another electrical impulse. The crystals are specifically sized to cause a pulse in time and drive the clock's hands. Quartz timed clocks are more accurate than the older mechanical clocks. Hang on to any directions that come with the clock explaining how to change the battery.

A true atomic clock is the most accurate and used by scientists because of their unwavering precision. However, it was only in 2008 that the technology was developed to make smaller, atomic timers suitable for consumer purposes. Therefore, most clocks available to consumers today and advertised as "atomic" are either quartz or radio timed and the term "atomic" applies only to the fact that the clock's time is based on time derived from the National Bureau of Standards Atomic Clock.

Howard Miller Cyrus Wall Clock
Howard Miller Dorchester Wall Clock
Bulova Wooden Wall Clock