Design: Max Bill with Ernst Möckl, 1956/57,
Manufacturer: Junghans AG, Schramberg, Germany.
Marked: JUNGHANS auf dem Ziffernblatt, rückseitig Fabrikationsnummer.
Measure: height 0,63 inch (27 cm), width 7,1 inch (18 cm).

_{State: excellent, working, no chips in the ceramic case, original clockwork, little chrome abrasion between the numbers 7 am 9.}

Oval form, ceramics, white glazed with serial number, timer with alarm, metal framed glass. Design of the numbers Max Bill - the characteristic feature is the special design of the number 4.

Max Bill (born 1908 Winterthur, died 1994 Berlin) began his studies at the Bauhaus academy in Dessau when he was only eighteen years old, and was influenced greatly by the experience. On his return to his native Switzerland he made a name for himself with his “concrete art” – stone and metal sculptures. He became famous in Germany after the Second World War for organizing the touring exhibition “Die Gute Form” (Good form), a title that became the design credo of the post-war period. Bill’s consistent commitment to the spartan simplicity of Modernist aesthetics made him one of the most influential figures of that time. Together with Inge Scholl and Otl Aicher, he founded the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm. Charged with updating the Bauhaus approach of the 1920s for the 1950s, Bill remained rector at Ulm until the middle of the decade and was also commissioned to design new buildings for the school.
The simple wall clock and watches that bill designed for Junghans attracted much attention. Bill was something of a fanatical reductionist, although he himself warned others against an over-restrictive interpretation of functionalism.

Lit.: Michael Erlhoff: Deutsches Design, München 1990, No.60, im.D.42.
Priceref.: Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen München, 90.Auction, 15. Juni 2010, Lot 177, Estimate € 700 commision on top; Auction 91C, 21.Sept. 2010, Lot 156.