The Town Hall in Rødovre, Denmark, is one of Arne Jacobsen's most comprehensive projects, inspired by the international trends of the time. Arne Jacobsen designed every aspect of the town hall, right down to the clocks on the walls and the furniture of his own design.
The CITY HALL clock and watch collection illustrates Arne Jacobsen's uncompromising approach to design and architecture. With its curved glass and precise graphics, it is a study in timeless simplicity and elegance.
City Hall wall clocks
Material mineral glass and aluminium
Mechanism Japanese movement — Accuracy + - 0.5 sec. in 24 hours — Battery AA 1.5 Volt
Guarantee 2 years
Ø29 cm
Ø21 cm
Ø16 cm
City Hall alarm clocks
Dimensions Ø11 x H12 cm
Beige
Black
Orange
Blue
City Hall watches
Material solid stainless steel case with concave dial, polished steel bezel, hardened double convex M2 glass
Sealing 30 m deep
white / silver
black leather
Ø30mm
white / silver
black leather
Ø34mm
white / silver
black leather
Ø40mm
white / silver
blue leather
Ø34mm
white / silver
blue leather
Ø40mm
Arne Jacobsen
Arne Jacobsen was born on February 11, 1902 in Copenhagen. His father, Johan Jacobsen, was a wholesale trader in safety pins and snaps. His mother, Pouline Jacobsen, a bank clerk, enjoys painting flowers in her spare time. The family lives in a typically Victorian house, with very elaborate decoration. As a reaction, young Arne paints his whole room white.
He meets the Lassen brothers at the boarding school of Nærum. Flemming Lassen would become his partner in a series of architectural projects. Arne is a restless student, always ready to play pranks, making fun of himself. From his childhood, he showed an extraordinary talent for drawing and liked to represent nature in a very realistic way. He wants to be a painter, but his father thinks that the architect is a better choice (history will thank him for it).
He begins to travel at the age of 20 with a boat trip to New York. Then Germany to learn masonry, and Italy to observe architecture. He produced some of his most beautiful watercolors there, rendering atmospheres and materials with delight. Curiosity for foreign countries will be a constant in his career, without abandoning Denmark and its traditions.
Jacobsen's personality is reflected in his production: sharp modernist, tireless perfectionist, but also nature lover and jovial family man: like him, his work is precise and warm, Danish and universal, modern and timeless.