Boxes cut to your clock’s diameter and its depth too (people forget depth). The insert holds the frame so nothing ever leans on the glass or the hands. Corrugated if you ship, printed board for the shop, and a round window if you want the face showing.
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On the wall a clock looks solid. In a delivery truck? It’s a bunch of fragile bits held together. There’s a glass or acrylic lens, thin metal hands that bend if anything presses on them, a movement on the back and often a hanging hook sticking out. Custom wall clock boxes are built so each of those parts has room and nothing touches the lens.
Clock makers, home decor brands, gift shops and online sellers of statement clocks order these. A big share of them ship direct to customers, which means the box has to survive couriers, porches and the odd drop.
Most clocks are round, so we work from diameter. Take the frame at its widest, then measure the depth from the front of the lens all the way to the back of the movement, hook included. That depth is what gets people, because a domed lens plus a chunky movement can make a clock twice as thick as it looks head-on, and you only find out when the lid won’t close.
Then add room on every side for the insert, we’d say half an inch to an inch, more if you like lots of padding. Our guide on how to measure a box explains inside versus outside dimensions, which matters here because the insert eats into the space.
Hold the frame, never the face. That’s the rule. Our usual setup is a corrugated insert with a round cutout that grabs the rim and another pad tucked behind the movement, so there’s a little pocket of air in front of the lens, and if a courier dents the box, the dent just doesn’t reach the glass. Simple, and it works.
Oversized or heavy clocks, say 20 inches and up or anything with a metal frame, should go in double-wall corrugated. Batteries are better packed separately in a small compartment, so they can’t rattle loose and knock the hands. Our custom corrugated boxes page shows the board options.
If the clock is sold in a shop, the box becomes part of the display. Printed SBS paperboard over a corrugated base gives you a clean photo surface. We like a round window right over the dial, shoppers see the face without tearing into anything, and clear film behind it stops the dust.
Fancier clock for a gift store? Matte, with your name in foil. Farmhouse or rustic stuff, we’d just do kraft corrugated with one ink color, it looks right and costs less. Browse more ideas in our hardware boxes range.
Minimums are low, often around 50 boxes depending on the style, and unit price drops as you order more. The team sets up the dieline and insert design for free, checks your files and sends a digital proof. For a new clock shape, a physical sample before the bulk run is worth asking for.
Standard production is 10 to 12 business days after proof approval, with free ground shipping anywhere in the USA. Send us your clock dimensions and the heaviest model in your range for a quote.
It can if the sizes are close. We’d keep one outer box and change the insert cutout, which keeps your shipping costs consistent.
Yes. We trace the frame outline into the insert so it grips the edges evenly, whatever the shape.
With film and a good insert, a window is fine for retail. For long courier trips, we’d suggest a plain outer mailer around it.
Plenty of customers order this alongside custom snap lock boxes, custom auto lock bottom boxes and custom tuck end boxes. More styles are in hardware boxes.
