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Whether you’re a Trekkie, a Trekker, or just a Star Trek fan, you’ll love this watch design that’s inspired by a Federation starship.

Watch designer Peter Fletcher’s latest concept design arrives just in time for the release of Star Trek: Into Darkness, though I doubt it’ll be available to wear in time for the movie’s premiere in less than three weeks.

The Excelsior watch features an analog dial which resembles the upper saucer of a Federation starship. Time is displayed on two rotating discs (one with hours, the other with minutes), which appear in a window at the back of the LED illuminated saucer.

The typeface on the dials has a decidedly science-fiction-y look to it, which could also be replaced with Klingon numbers for a more cryptic look. Since the watch features a simple analog dial mechanism, it shouldn’t be too difficult to produce either.

While the watch isn’t official Federation issue, I’d be proud to wear on the bridge of my own starship.

Peter has submitted his watch design to TokyoFlash for consideration, and I’m hopeful that it will eventually be produced.

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Korg’s love of the mini-analog synth clearly remains strong as it’s added three more new ones to the fold — the Volca Beat, Volca Bass and Volca Keys (the clue to what they do is in the names). While some firms take a pro product and work down, making cheaper versions, Korg seems to take a different approach. It did the stripping-back thing when it launched its popular Monotron synth. Since then, it’s incrementally developed it back up into a whole category of its own, the latest iteration of which we apparently see before us here. The trio of mini-synths clearly take inspiration from the Monotribe groovebox that came before them, but are a step up in terms of design. Brushed metal finishes give them a vintage, almost Stylophone feel. The Volca Bass, in particular, looks almost too much like the legendary Roland TB-303 to be coincidence, and if we didn’t know better, we’d say the color scheme of the Beat echoes the TR-808. As we happened to be in Frankfurt, we couldn’t resist getting out hands on them, or as you’ll see past the break, at least trying to.

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Despite the fact that I’ve played through both Portal games from start to finish a couple of times now, they’re still some of my favorites of all time. Between the tricky puzzles and gleefully dark sense of humor, what’s not to love? Since it might be a while before Portal 3 is even announced, I need a way to watch the hours tick by as I wait. This should do the trick.

This cool Portal-inspired clock by Celebutante may not be official Valve merch, but that doesn’t make it any less nifty hanging on your wall. It features a single image which pretty much sums up Portal – the iconic infographic guy flinging eternally through a set of vertically-opposed portals, ever increasing in speed.

This 11.8″ wide printed vinyl-on-acrylic clock keeps things simple, but that’s fine by me. It gets the point across just fine, looks cool, and sells for just $13.99(USD). Head on over to Etsy to order yours now. You monster.

There’s something to be said about watches that cost more than cars. Needless to say that this analog wonder of a watch will cost you a pretty penny, but it will probably last you a lifetime. But how about watches that cost as much as your house? Or two?

The MB&F HM4 Final Edition Watch isn’t just any old watch, it’s a “horological machine” which has 311 components. It’s coated in plack PVD titanium and its design was inspired by the F-117 Nighthawk. The turbine-like pods for time and power reserve indicators are connected to the power reserve using unique vertical gear trains.

This watch looks simply amazing, but get ready to mortgage everything you own, because they sell for $230,000(USD) apiece and they’ll only be making eight of these.

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I remember that when I was a kid, it was a big deal when my dad got a Seiko analog watch that had a built-in alarm clock. It was definitely something different, and it looked better than a lot of digital watches. The Vulcain Nautical Cricket Watch was an early analog alarm watch from 1970, which is now being remade.

Dubbed the Vulcain Nautical Seventies, the reissue has a 42mm stainless steel case that’s 17.6mm thick and comes with both a black leather and orange diving strap.

The alarm is a Cricket caliber, and its face has shaded rings to calculate diving decompression times. And speaking about diving, the watch is water resistant to a whopping 300 meters.

Original watch from 1970

The Vulcain Nautical Seventies Watch will be released soon, with only 300 of the pieces to be produced. The price hasn’t yet been announced, but other Vulcain watches sell for $6,000 to $10,000.

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