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Cube Clock for everyday use

The Cube Clocks have been showing the time at public places in Vienna since 1907. The first prototype was located at the junction of Opernring/Kärntner Strasse. Through its imposing design, it became a symbol of the city. The characteristic octagon with beveled corners and the "Normalzeit" logo is considered an icon of the modern era. Greenwich Mean Time, which was introduced in 1910, was known locally as "Normalzeit", or normal time, prior to which there were various times zones across the monarchy.

Time for Vienna

The Cube Clocks were also the template for a wristwatch in a limited edition of 1907 pieces - the number making reference to the year of their creation. Further clocks in the Cube Clock design followed: on the one hand the slightly smaller Normalzeit wristwatch Red 36, this time unlimited and with a quartz movement. And the latest coup: the limited models "Blackout 2020" and "Time to Date 2020".

Vienna souvenirs

On the other, traditional Viennese companies have also taken up the face of the Cube Clock as a motif and present products with the slogan "Time for Vienna": To go with the Normalzeit brand, the Viennese glass manufactory Lobmeyr developed a pale blue water cup for the Wiener Wasser water management department as well as a white wine glass designed by the Polka Design Studio. The Augarten Porcelain Manufactory created a mocha cup and teacup, each with its own saucer.

The Demmer tea house has dedicated a special tea blend to Normalzeit, including a tea package in the Cube Clock design. Wearers of a Normalzeit wristwatch who'd prefer a leather strap to the original silicon strap can buy one from the leather goods specialist R. Horn's.

The products of the Normalzeit brand are available from the individual companies and in the online shop www.normalzeit.at/produkte:

J. & L. Lobmeyr

Kärntner Straße 26
1010 Vienna

Augarten flagship store

Spiegelgasse 3
1010 Vienna

Augarten Porcelain Manufactory

Obere Augartenstraße 1
1020 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Your benefit with the Vienna City Card: -25%

      Additional information on the offer:

      Museum entrance fee with Vienna City Card: 6€ instead of 8€ /

      Entrance fee manufactory tour with Vienna City Card: 19€ instead of 21€

  • Opening times

    • Mo - Sa, 10:00 - 17:00
  • Guided tours

    • Guided Tours in German (English on demand)

      Mo, Tue and Thu 10.15 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
      Thu also 14.00 p.m. and 15.30 p.m.

      Please register in advance for the guided tours (e-mail to wien2@augarten.at or phone +43 1 211 24-200).

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Double swinging doors )
    • Elevator available
      • Door 120 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.

Demmers Teehaus

Linke Wienzeile 4
1060 Wien

R. Horn's Vienna

Bräunerstraße 7
1010 Vienna

R. Horn’s

Mahlerstraße 5
1010 Vienna

R. Horn’s

Stephansplatz 3
1010 Vienna
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