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Hilfiker Railway Clock — Cover

About Hilfiker Railway Clock

The Swiss Railway Clock is Hans Hilfiker's 1944 station clock for the SBB: a cool clinical enamel dial, matte black bezel, black baton markers and hands, and a single red disc-tipped second hand added in 1953. It is the purest expression of Swiss-modern information design.

This system distills that clock into an interface language — flat black on cool white, generous radial space, uppercase Helvetica labels, and one disciplined red reserved for the single most important moving accent. Nothing decorative; everything functional.

Learn more about the Hilfiker Railway Clock style

Origin
Switzerland (Western Europe)
Era
1950–1990 (designed 1944; iconic red second hand added 1953)
Key figures
Hans Hilfiker · Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) · Mondaine
Movements
Swiss-modern · International Typographic Style · Functional clock design

Hilfiker Railway Clock design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
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Secondary
Accent
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Typography

Helvetica NeueHeadings
InterMono
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