Okay so most of us have probably never had a clock we had to wind, but it seems like an appealing ritual. Calm and quiet. A connection to the passage of time. Or maybe it would be totally automatic like brushing your teeth. Whelp there’s only one way to find out.
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Taking inspiration from Porsche’s decision to break out into designing everything from sleds
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Compared to digital watches that let us keep tabs on time down to the second, the $125 ‘Till watch takes a more laid back approach. It features a traditional analog watch face, but the hours are obscured by a rotating mask, and the occasional mentions of minutes are partnered with vague references to the time.
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Need the time? How about to the closest hundred trillionth of a second? No problem! Because this, officially now the world’s most precise clock, can tell the time more precisely than any other device ever has.
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I have a confession to make, and I’m sure I’m not alone: I’m really bad at reading analog clocks. I learned how to when I was a kid, and I even wear an analog watch today, but some 15 years of digital crutches in between has made reading old-school clocks kind of a drag. You too? Well here’s a clock for the both of us.
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Inspired by the seemingly random clouds of data points recorded when a performer’s wearing a 3D motion capture suit, J.P.Meulendijks’ Mocap clock requires just the perfect angle to interpret the time.
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It’s a hard pill for the alarm clock industry to swallow, but the fact of the matter is that we don’t really need them anymore. Smartphones have been reliably waking us up for years now, and they do so much more. So kudos to the folks at Idea International for finding the perfect feature that keeps this bedside alarm clock relevant: a pair of USB ports to charge our phones and tablets.
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At first glance it looks like a giant, industrial, animated chandelier hanging over your head. But instead of just illuminating a room with its imposing glow, artist Conrad Shawcross’ Timepiece doubles as a modern take on the sundial. Because unlike the ancient clocks that kept our ancestors on time, this one doesn’t need the sun at all.
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It’s hard to justify wasting an inch of deskspace on a clock when your watch, your phone, your computer, even the coffeemaker can tell you what time it is. But then you lay your eyes upon the O’Clock from Okum Made and realize there’s still a place for traditional time tellers. At least ones that look this good.
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Mad Men may have rekindled our love affair with the technology of yesteryear, but we’re still not quite ready to give up the modern conveniences we’ve come to rely on. And that’s why this retro-styled digital alarm clock is so wonderful.
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