Chromocron - the color time clock by Tian Harlan

The Color clock (also Chromocron ) on the Augustaplatz represents the hours as color segments.

It was created by the artist Tian Harlan and installed in 1978 in the northern part of the square next to the Gagarin Palace set up.

In 1978, a huge model of the Chromocron was erected as a sculpture in Baden Baden

The clock represents the hours using 12 color fields. Warm red, orange, and yellow tones predominate. The six, seven, and eight hours are ultramarine blue, green, and light blue, respectively.

Instead of hour and minute hands, a black circular disc with a wedge-shaped recess corresponding to one hour rotates around the center of the clock.

At every full hour, the recess is filled with exactly one color. Otherwise, the minutes can be estimated based on the ratio of the visible colors in the recess. The clock at Augustaplatz is located on a roughly three-meter-high, silver-gray, tilted stele.

The artist wanted his clock to make people more time-conscious. Instead of fearing the passage of time, people should take more time for the beautiful things.

Story

The Color Time Clock at Augustaplatz was erected on the artist's initiative and with the support of the then spa director, Carl-Friedrich Burger. World record sprinter Heinz Fütterer unveiled it on March 18, 1978.

As a result, numerous watch shops in Baden-Baden sold wristwatches with color time that the enterprising artist had had pre-produced.