Square analogue alarm clock with fold-down cover for travel. White hour and minute hands and yellow second hand. Face displays Akzidenz Grotesk numerals. Raised alarm button with central red arrow at top. Ribbed body at back.

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1978	Work on this object began.
2017	We acquired this object. We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2018	We exhibited this object.
2019	You found it!

AB 21/s Travel Alarm Clock, 1978

This is a Travel Alarm Clock. It was designed by Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs and manufactured by Braun AG. It is dated 1978 and we acquired it in 2017. Its medium is molded plastic, mechanical parts. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Alarm clocks, along with electric clocks and clock radios, constituted a major Braun product division, headed up by Dietrich Lubs, often working in collaboration with Dieter Rams. All Braun alarm clocks had yellow second hands and an identical alarm tone. This clock face uses Akzidenz Grotesk, an easy-to-read sans serif font, which was a forerunner of Helvetica. Braun’s line of alarm clocks adhered to a distinct program: the second hand was always yellow and the sound of the alarm was identical for every model.

This object was donated by Robert Greenberg. It is credited Gift of Robert M. Greenberg.

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plastic.
Gift of Kazuo Kawasaki.
1990-19-4

A round clock face, centered side to side, occupies the top two thirds of the page. The numerals 1-12 (the hours) are imprinted in dark type and encircled by lines (the minutes). Restaurant/ Florent is imprinted in small capitals underneath the 12 and 69 Gansevoort/ 989-5669 are imprinted above the 6. There are no clock hands, but there is a black dot in the center where clock hands would normally be attached.
Open 24 Hours in larger capitals appears a short distance below the clock.

Advertisement, Restaurant Florent: Clock/ Open 24 Hours, ca. 1980–93
offset lithography.
Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co..
1993-151-308

Analog wrist watch with three hand movement. White face and black leather band.

AW10 Watch, 1992–93
stainless steel, quartz movement, glass, leather band.
Gift of Dieter Rams.
1993-101-1

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Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 7.2 × 8 × 4 cm (2 13/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

AB 21/s Travel Alarm Clock, 1978; Designed by Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs; molded plastic, mechanical parts; H x W x D: 7.2 × 8 × 4 cm (2 13/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 9/16 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg; 2017-51-19

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Bob Greenberg Selects.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2FZKPp/
Accession Number 2017-51-19
Object ID 1108968897