Arne Jacobsen Roman Table Clock White/Black H 4.7in Dia 4.3in

A Roman-numeral dial on the 1939 table-clock body — alarm, snooze, and a backlight that reads the room.

Jacobsen drew the table clock for Lauritz Knudsen and showed it at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1939; the bent steel legs belong to the Bauhaus industrial language he was working in at the time. Here it wears the Roman face he first drew in 1937. Browse the full Arne Jacobsen Clocks range. Rosendahl Design Group is a Certified B Corp.

Materials

PMMA lens, ABS, metal base

Dimensions

H 4.7 in x W 4.4 in x D 2.6 in; dial Ø 4.3 in

Designer

Arne Jacobsen (1902–1971)

Functions

Alarm, snooze, light sensor

Made in

China

Common Questions

Does it have an alarm?
Yes, with snooze. A third hand sets the alarm time, and an invisible sensor on top of the case triggers an LED backlight so the dial is readable in the dark.

Where do the steel legs come from?
The Bauhaus industrial design aesthetic Jacobsen was drawing in when he made the clock in 1939 — not from his later chairs, which came more than a decade afterwards.

Is the Roman dial the same as the wall clock?
Same face, smaller body. The table clock is 4.7 in tall with a 4.3 in dial and a PMMA lens, where the wall clocks use mineral glass in an aluminium case.