CLOCK BOARDS
Add a split-flap clock that flips every minute, from a single timezone to a row of world clocks. It evokes the classic station board while keeping accurate time on any TV, and pairs naturally with weather, schedules, or a countdown on the same display.
A New Year countdown board that flips away the seconds to midnight, January 1, 2027 — in whatever timezone the TV is in — under a gold "new year 2027" header and above two resolution lines about making every second count. Parties, bars, offices, and living rooms cast it to the big screen for a built-in ball-drop moment; the final minute is pure flip noise.
A hotel lobby display that welcomes guests with the property name, live local weather, and the current time in a classic split-flap style. Beneath "the grand hotel" headline, a weather widget shows Miami conditions and a clock keeps lobby time, with check-in hours and the concierge extension in muted footer lines. It reads like the arrivals board of a grand rail terminal.
An office lobby welcome board that greets visitors with your company name, today's date, live local weather, and the current time on a reception TV. Muted lines beneath the split-flap headline hold the guest Wi-Fi network and check-in instructions, so front-desk questions answer themselves. Built at 11 rows by 40 columns for the wide screens common behind reception desks.
A meeting room display board that shows the next booking, live room status, the current time, and rotating handoff notes on any office TV. The layout pairs a next-meeting widget cycling through 09:00, 10:30, 13:00, and 15:30 slots with tickers for availability and AV notes like the HDMI cable and Zoom bar. Mount it outside Room Atlas so teams see status before they knock.
A bedside split-flap clock board that flips the current time, today's date, and local Los Angeles weather above a rotating morning routine ticker. It hangs on a bedroom or hallway TV as a calmer alternative to a phone alarm dashboard. Fork it, swap in your own city, and edit reminders like "leave by 8:15" to match your mornings.
An executive daily briefing board that combines the current time, local weather, month-to-date revenue, and a rotating focus list on one office TV. Defaults show a live clock, New York weather, $812k MTD, and a ticker cycling through priorities like renewals, hiring, and launch readiness. A leader gets the day's picture in one glance instead of five dashboards.
A compact conference room schedule board that shows the next booking, room capacity, AV connections, and the current time on one split-flap screen. The layout stacks a next-meeting widget cycling through five daily slots over a capacity line for eight seats, an HDMI note, and a polite reminder to end meetings on time. Made for the smaller displays mounted beside shared rooms.
The split-flap clock, from wall piece to world-clock row
The clock widget keeps time in the browser and flips each minute — no feed, no API, no maintenance. Configure a timezone, choose 12- or 24-hour format, and size the digits; one widget makes a wall clock, several in a row make a world clock spanning offices. Because the flip renders live at 60 FPS in browser canvas, the minute change has the mechanical snap of the real Solari boards rather than the fade of a screensaver clock.
Sizing decides what the clock is. Oversized digits filling the board turn a spare TV into a statement wall clock for a studio, bar, or living room; a slim clock row in the header leaves the grid below for weather, schedules, or metrics. For world-clock rows, keep city labels short — NYC, LON, TOK — so the times dominate, and order cities by offset so the row reads like a sweep across the day. Colors are per-fork, so the clock matches the room.
Boards to build around it: a full-screen retro flip clock as ambient decor; an operations header pairing local time with a weather tile above live metrics; a world-clock board for a distributed team, one row per office; and an event-day board where the clock sits beside a countdown to kickoff. Each is a fork away, runs unattended in any TV browser, and goes live for $8/mo on Starter — the cheapest way to put a Solari clock on a wall.
- 01Single-timezone flip clock
- 02World clocks across cities
- 03Minute-by-minute flip animation
- 0412- or 24-hour formats
- 05Pair with weather or schedule
Can I display several timezones at once?
Yes. Add a clock widget per city and the board shows a row of world clocks, each flipping its local time every minute.
Does the clock stay accurate on its own?
It does. The widget keeps time in the browser and flips each minute automatically, with no hardware or code to maintain.
Can I choose 12- or 24-hour time?
Absolutely. Pick the format and timezone, then customize size and colors to match the rest of your board.
What screen does a flip clock need?
Any TV or monitor with a browser — Chromecast, Fire TV, Apple TV, or a smart TV's built-in browser. The clock renders at 60 FPS in browser canvas, so an existing screen becomes a wall clock with no hardware to buy.
Is a split-flap clock free to run?
Building and previewing is free, so you can set timezones, format, and colors at no cost. Keeping the clock playing live on a screen is $8/mo on Starter for one display — the clock itself needs no data plan or feed.
START FROM A TEMPLATE
Pick a board, customize the copy and data, and open it in a supported Chrome or Edge player.