Walnut Luminous Wall Clock

This clock's numerals and hands are treated to hold a soft glow after dark, so the time stays readable across a darkened room without a nightlight. The face carries a walnut wood-grain finish over a plastic composite base, giving it the warm look of real wood at a lighter weight, and the glow charges up naturally from normal daytime light in the room.

It suits a bedroom most obviously, somewhere checking the time at 3am without turning on a lamp actually matters, but it works just as well in a living room or office during the day, when the glow feature simply is not in use and the walnut finish carries the look on its own. The round, 30.5 cm face reads clearly from across most rooms, day or night.

It is available with modern numerals, Roman figures, or a butterfly motif, so the same glow-in-the-dark function comes in a few different looks depending on the rest of the room. It runs on one AA battery, not included, and keeps the glow charged without any extra step on your part. Vandora includes the glow detail because a clock that works in the dark solves a real problem instead of just adding a gimmick.

• Product type: Wall clock
• Diameter: 30.5 cm (12 in)
• Material: Walnut wood grain finish (plastic composite)
• Display: Analog, glow-in-the-dark numerals and hands
• Movement: Silent quartz
• Power: 1 AA battery (not included)
• Style options: Modern numerals, Roman figures, butterfly motif