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Mondaine Swiss Railways wall clock
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Mondaine Swiss Railways wall clock

Mondaine Swiss Railways wall clock, 25 cm.

$224Buy on Amazon
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

Hans Hilfiker’s 1944 station clock with the red lollipop second hand. A quartz movement and one battery. It hangs in your kitchen exactly as it hangs in Zürich HB.

Off-grid
Runs on battery, crank or solar, so it survives a power cut.
Calm
Does not compete for your attention: no notifications, feeds or endless content. Does its job and gets out of the way.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisMondaine Swiss Railways wall clock
What it replacesSmart oneAmazon Echo Show 8
2
Power cut
TRUE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
FALSE
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
FALSE
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
#DEPENDS
FALSE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
5 of 65/6and one maybe
0 of 60/6

The smart one is the Amazon Echo Show 8.

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The station clock, on one AA.

Mondaine Swiss Railways wall clock

$224
Off-grid · Calm
Mondaine Swiss Railways wall clock$224
Buy on Amazon