>>1241200I found a better way, but I think it's Mac only. Go to the app store and get UBClock ($1), put the clockface on your desktop using geektool (or make it part of your wallpaper) and put the clock on top of it. Remove everything but the clock hands in the prefs.
Related pic is my mockup of how it should look. Background pic (clockface) is in the link provided in my previous post.