When CAUNY asked me to design a watch I couldn’t help but think of the two occasions on which I had designed clocks: for the Logroño City Hall and for the Atocha Station.

In both cases, the clock alludes to the meaning of the hours associated with the passing of the day: twelve o’clock — noon — as the summit of the day. The hours related to daily activity, distinguishing between morning and afternoon. Not as a succession of moments, something that so clearly happens with the beat of digital clocks. And the hours in Roman numerals and on the axes of the square, something that we so often see in sundials on the walls.

Rafael Moneo