I bought 3 of these....a modern version of a classic flip clock. I bought these because they're the most affordable option for my budget.
The hours section turns at a different rate than the minutes section, so I will likely use the 3 minute sections from the 3 clocks so they'll all spin at the same rate.
I'll create a box to hold the flip sections and motors to spin them.
Here's one of the motors I'll be using. It is 4 rotations per minute and I'll use gears to slow it to 1 rotation per minute to countdown from somewhere around 58 seconds.
It is a right angle motor to the rotating post. This is important because I'll only have a small space to the side of each flip section.