Photo wall clock

A wall clock with your photo

Turn a photo into the face of a wall clock. It prints flat on any FDM printer, in colour with a few filament swaps, and takes a standard quartz clock movement from any shop. Pick round or square, the size and the hour markers, see it in 3D with the hands on, and we tell you which movement and hands to buy.

Choose a photo to see your clock in 3D
Building your clock…

Drag to rotate · scroll or pinch to zoom. The movement and hands are only there to show the fit.

1 Your photo

2 Clock face

Shape
200 mm

3 Crop and tune the photo

Drag to move the photo, pinch or scroll to zoom. The print preview shows the markers and the hands at ten past ten.

1.0×
0
1.0
off
Takes away noise and grain, for a calmer print.
0.4
Brings out edges such as eyes, hair and outlines.

4 Hour markers

Markers
0.6 mm
above the top of the picture.

5 Colours

How is the photo printed?
Number of filaments
Style
What is TD?

TD (transmission distance) is how thick a filament must be before you can no longer see the colour below it. Light colours are more see-through than dark ones. We estimate it from the colour; if your filament brand lists a TD value, fill it in for a more exact preview and better layer choices.

6 Printer and layers

Nozzle
2.0 mm
. The solid part of the face, under the picture, in your first filament. Thicker is stiffer, but needs a longer shaft.
1.6 mm
. How high the picture rises above the solid back. More depth gives more shades, but takes longer.

7 Movement and hands

    How it goes together
    1. Push the shaft of the movement through the hole from the back, with its hanger hook at 12. The back of the face is flat, so the movement sits straight. A thin rubber washer, if it came with one, goes between them.
    2. On the front: the brass washer, then the nut. Tighten it by hand.
    3. Push on the hour hand, then the minute hand, then the second hand, all pointing at 12.
    4. Battery in, set the time with the wheel on the back, and hang it on a nail or screw.

    The printed hanger goes between the face and the movement. Its tab lies against the wall, level with the back of the movement, with a keyhole for a screw that sticks out about 4 mm.

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    Choose a photo first.

      • Print it flat, back on the bed, at the layer heights above and with 100% infill. No supports: the hole goes straight through.
      • 3MF holds the face, each filament colour and the filament changes. PrusaSlicer opens it ready to slice. In other slicers, add the filament changes from the plan if they're missing (the + on the layer slider).
      • STL: the face as one file, picture on top. With colour areas or the hanger you get a ZIP with every part and the plan.