Magnetic clocks

The analogue clock without clock hands

Author: Johannes Ritzer, zenit design, Zürich, Switzerland

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MagicTime - Clock without clock hands

As if by magic two spheres rotate on a glass front and tell time in a new fashion. Hours and minutes are represented in two spheres of different sizes, which make you curious and want to touch them.

MagicTime is handmade in Switzerland in small batches in the colours black and white. Meanwhile, the production has been suspended.

The small sphere (outside) represents the minute hand and the large sphere (inside) the hour hand.

The spheres are hollow spheres made of ferrite, which are very light and magnetic.

Note from the supermagnete team: Unfortunately, such hollow ferrite spheres are not available from our shop. If you want to replicate this clock, please research online where you can order these spheres.

Inside the clock the ends of two balanced hands are equipped with magnets: Block magnets Q-10-05-01-G or Q-10-05-1.5-G for the minutes and disc magnets S-09-05-N for the hours.

On the backside, 4 disc magnets S-12-01-N fasten the enclosed pair of reserve spheres.

Flux detektor clock - minimalistic clock

A real alternative to the clock above is this flux detector clock from our customer Robin. You'll need:

Flux Detector large
2 rod magnets S-06-10-N
Clock mechanism
Acrylic glass panel

The following video (in German) shows the step-by-step assembly.

Wooden clock with magnetic clock face

Addition by customer Jean Pierre Bonne from Marseille:

I love working with wood and I am happy every time I find a way to integrate magnets into my work. This is how I came up with this clock that has small S-05-02-N52N disc magnets behind its clock face.

Thanks to the embedded magnets I can put any magnets and ferromagnetic objects on the clock face. There are small ST-K-13-N steel balls on the 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock positions and other small disc magnets on the other positions. Also, the colourful decorative items stay on the clock face thanks to the glued-on disc magnets. What's great about this clock is that you can always redesign it.

Articles used

Q-10-05-01-G

Block magnet 10 x 5 x 1 mm, holds approx. 650 g, neodymium, N50, gold-plated

	20 pcs.	0,39 EUR ea.*
from	60 pcs.	0,34 EUR ea.*
from	140 pcs.	0,30 EUR ea.*
from	360 pcs.	0,26 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 960 pcs.

Available: 92 840 pcs.

Q-10-05-1.5-G

Block magnet 10 x 5 x 1,5 mm, holds approx. 980 g, neodymium, N50, gold-plated

	20 pcs.	0,49 EUR ea.*
from	60 pcs.	0,42 EUR ea.*
from	140 pcs.	0,37 EUR ea.*
from	360 pcs.	0,33 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 900 pcs.

Available: 2 253 020 pcs.

S-09-05-N

Disc magnet Ø 9 mm, height 5 mm, holds approx. 2,7 kg, neodymium, N50, nickel-plated

	10 pcs.	0,85 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,72 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,66 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,62 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 850 pcs.

Available: 104 080 pcs.

S-12-01-N

Disc magnet Ø 12 mm, height 1 mm, holds approx. 770 g, neodymium, N42, nickel-plated

	20 pcs.	0,43 EUR ea.*
from	60 pcs.	0,37 EUR ea.*
from	140 pcs.	0,33 EUR ea.*
from	360 pcs.	0,29 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 1 100 pcs.

Available: 56 760 pcs.

Q-10-05-01-N

Block magnet 10 x 5 x 1 mm, holds approx. 650 g, neodymium, N50, nickel-plated

	20 pcs.	0,36 EUR ea.*
from	60 pcs.	0,30 EUR ea.*
from	140 pcs.	0,27 EUR ea.*
from	360 pcs.	0,23 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 1 000 pcs.

Available: 225 580 pcs.

Q-10-05-1.5-N

Block magnet 10 x 5 x 1,5 mm, holds approx. 980 g, neodymium, N50, nickel-plated

	10 pcs.	0,49 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,40 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,37 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,33 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 750 pcs.

Available: 12 470 pcs.

Flux Detector large

foil to indicate magnetic fields, approx. 150 x 150 mm

	1 pc.	19,26 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	17,45 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	15,78 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	14,95 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	14,25 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 180 pcs.

Available: 275 pcs.

S-06-10-N

Rod magnet Ø 6 mm, height 10 mm, holds approx. 1,4 kg, neodymium, N40, nickel-plated

	5 pcs.	0,78 EUR ea.*
from	15 pcs.	0,68 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,59 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,54 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 650 pcs.

Available: 75 295 pcs.

Steel balls Ø 8 mm

not magnets!, ferromagnetic, nickel-plated
To combine with neodymium magnets

	10 pcs.	0,36 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,30 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,28 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,26 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 1 500 pcs.

Available: 6 300 pcs.

Steel balls Ø 10 mm

not magnets!, ferromagnetic, nickel-plated
To combine with neodymium magnets

	10 pcs.	0,35 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,30 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,28 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,26 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 2 500 pcs.

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Steel balls Ø 12,7 mm

not magnets!, ferromagnetic, nickel-plated
To combine with neodymium magnets

	10 pcs.	0,44 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,39 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,37 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,35 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 5 000 pcs.

Available: 21 510 pcs.

S-05-02-N52N

Disc magnet Ø 5 mm, height 2 mm, holds approx. 680 g, neodymium, N52, nickel-plated

	10 pcs.	0,35 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,29 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,26 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,23 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 950 pcs.

Available: 372 000 pcs.

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