Hi, here there is my digital clock based only on standard 40xx chips.
The clock have four 7 segment display, crystal timebase and back-up battery. I built it few years ago and it works perfectly.
I've published the project with schematic and real pictures on my personal website, let me know if I must publish it directly in the forum.
This is the link : http://http://www.webalice.it/giussdp/cmos_clock/
Sorry if my english is not perfect :)
Regards
Giuseppe