The Hourglass Decor is the ideal scientific object to contemplate the magnificent spectacle of time passing and to complete your decoration.Find the hourglass you need from our range of styles: magnetic, liquid, antique and empty to decorate your home in style.
An hourglass, or sand timer, is two glass bulbs joined by a narrow neck, with sand that takes a fixed time to run from one to the other. The decorative versions in this collection add colour, glitter, brass or wooden frames, liquid timers where bubbles rise instead of falling, and digital LED hourglasses that imitate the flow and can be set from 1 to 30 minutes. A desk object, a meditation timer and, for children, the best tooth brushing timer there is.
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A sand timer on the desk turns a break, a pomodoro or a cup of tea into a small ritual. Digital LED versions set any time from 1 to 30 minutes.
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Elegant, silent, useful. The hourglass is the classic desk gift with a scientific soul.
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Gold glitter, coloured sand, brass frames, reverse hourglasses where the sand rises. Decor first, timer second.
Decide on the duration first (a 5 minute timer has a job; a 60 minute one is a ritual), then the size and the frame for where it will sit.
| Type | Best for | Duration | Price |
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| Small sand timers, 1 to 5 minutes | Desks, kids, tea, teeth | 1 to 5 min | £18 to £30 |
| Coloured and glitter hourglasses | Gifts, shelves, decor | 3 to 30 min | £25 to £45 |
| Reverse and liquid timers | Fidget, calm, bubbles that rise | 2 to 5 min | £30 to £50 |
| Large, brass and digital hourglasses | Statement pieces, study sessions | 30 to 60 min, or set 1 to 30 | £45 to £120 |
Sand timers are accurate to within a few percent; humidity and how you turn them change the flow slightly. The digital hourglass has a rechargeable battery with about three hours of use.
Sand flows through the neck at a rate that barely depends on how much sand is above it, unlike water, because the grains lock into arches that carry the weight to the walls. That is why an hourglass keeps steady time from the first grain to the last, and why a water clock does not.
Free UK delivery over £45 and 30 days to return it. For time you can read at a glance, the unusual wall clocks and Nixie clocks.
