Awesome Analog

The slimline Good + Evil Omen wristwatch was designed by “recovering architect” Christo Logan. We love the clean, but bold choices like the offset, asymmetrical design, flush-mounted crown, and 3-dimensional face reminiscent of the seats in a theater-in-the-round. Its D-shaped case is made from sandblasted stainless steel in either grey or black.

To create the Time Master 70, Ferro & Company took inspiration from the mid-century modern designs of the 1970s. The watch features a 39mm stainless steel case with a cushion-shaped body and a brushed finish. It’s powered by a Japanese Miyota movement visible through an orange-tinted back. Choose from silver, orange, pink, or blue face designs.

This clever wristwatch from Projects lets you rewind to the 1990s every time you check the time. Designed in collaboration with pop artist Riki Prosper, the 40mm watch has a spinning holographic effect layer that makes it look like a Compact Disc. The Play button indicates the hour, while Pause shows the minutes. Watch the disc spin on Instagram.

Watch shop Hodinkee teamed up with minimalist design house Braun to create the BN0279. The grey 40mm mechanical watch is as simple as it gets, with hints of color calling back to Braun’s alarm clocks from the 70s. It’s available with either a second hand or a sub-second dial; each limited to 100 units.

This shiny gold watch takes inspiration from the original G-SHOCK DW5000C. The GMB2100GD-9A has a full metal case made from stainless steel with a gleaming gold ion-plated finish. The watch offers world time capability, a stopwatch, countdown timer, alarms, and a calendar, and recharges automatically using solar power.

This substantial analog watch from MTM looks terrific in grey. Its black-on-grey dial has easy-to-read hour markers, Super LumiNova hands, and a separate seconds dial. It’s driven by a Swiss Ronda 6004 movement in a stainless steel case with a scratch-resistant tempered glass crystal. The flexible rubber strap completes the monochrome grey color scheme.

Celebrate classic 16-bit gaming with these SEGA Genesis and MegaDrive watches from ANICORN. The limited-edition watches come in US, EU, and JP versions to celebrate each region’s game console. The watches have a black PVD finish and a visible movement beneath a mineral glass back. Packaged in a special edition console box with a numbered metal plate.

This pocket-sized musical instrument from MicroKits is an analog synthesizer shaped like a cassette tape. It has a touch-sensitive 13-key keypad, which you can connect to other objects (like bananas) to turn them into keys. It’s got a built-in 1-watt speaker, a headphone jack, and controls for pitch, volume, octave shift, and a vibrato effect.

One of two new additions to Projects Watches’ The Times collection is this captivating analog timepiece with a white-on-black dial, yellow accents, and hour markers repeated in concentric circles. The other new release is the disorienting Move with the Times watch. The price shown is for pre-orders, which ship starting 11.2023.

Armitron makes its Wave watches from Tide Ocean Material, recycled plastics that would have otherwise ended up in the ocean. It has day, date, and 24-hour hands and looks particularly dapper in this navy blue and gold nautical theme. It’s also available in orange, teal, and black.

This classically styled Timex chronograph features a silvertone stainless steel case with a high-contrast dial. Its triple analog dials can measure with an accuracy down to 1/20th of a second. It features a woven nylon strap, a scratch-resistant mineral glass lens, and Indiglo backlighting for nighttime visibility.

We’re digging the clean, modern styling of Maven’s MUS-01 wristwatch, with its thin-line graphics, sandblasted steel hardware, and bold orange parachute-style strap. It has a Swiss quartz movement with Super-Luminova glowing hands and a durable sapphire crystal. Choose from 34mm or 40mm sizes.

Nixon deftly blends the digital and analog worlds with its Ripley wristwatch. It features a rugged, shock-resistant core with a stainless steel top plate. Its LCD background has chronograph, day/date, alarm, dual timezone, altitude, and temperature readouts and can be blacked out in City Mode for a cleaner look.

Farer’s sublime Palmer watch has a GMT dual-time display with a Swiss-made movement and a beautifully pearlescent opaline dial. A fusion of ice-blue Super-LumiNova and ceramic sits behind black hour markers for a cool backlit glow, and we love the splash of orange on the second hand and five-second numerals. Limited to just 150 pieces.

This nautically-inspired analog watch from Timex features a bold acid green face accented with a teal and black bezel. Its 43mm case is water-resistant to 100 meters and is set onto a stainless steel link bracelet. Its dial has luminescent hands and markers and an easy-to-read date indicator with a magnifying lens.

Look Mum No Computer is known for building some crazy electronic music makers. He’s also a master of wiring and programming modular synthesizers. He put together this fantastic arrangement of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons that’s every bit as good as Wendy Carlos’ analog synth classic Switched-On Bach.

Farer’s Lander IV features a beautifully-reflective sea-green sunray dial with highly legible digits and Super-LumiNova for nighttime visibility. It has a precise Sellita SW330-2 movement with a 56-hour power reserve, date functionality, and a see-through back. A luxurious St Venere leather strap completes the sophisticated look.

Accutron’s 1960s Astronaut was the watch of choice for CIA agents working on the A-12 spy plane. This new automatic version does away with the finicky electric mechanism of the original and looks awesome in black and silver. It has a 56-hour power reserve, a sapphire crystal, and Super-LumiNova markings. Limited to 300 pieces.

Multimedia artist Kelly Heaton makes these unique synthesizer circuits in the shape of birds. Not only do they look like our fine feathered friends, but the sounds they make are reminiscent of birdsong. Check out Kelly’s Instagram for more of her wonderful electronic projects.

The Halloween franchise is really, truly, finally coming to an end. To celebrate the end of the road for Laurie Strode and Michael Myers, maromaro1337 performed John Carpenter’s intense electronic theme on a Stylophone. The driving, repetitive melody seems perfectly suited to the monophonic analog synthesizer.

The monochromatic wristwatch is the latest collaboration between Timex and designer Todd Snyder. It’s based on a classic Timex military watch, but with a fresh high-contrast design. It has a 40mm stainless steel case, red 24-hour markings, and luminescent hands. We’re hungry for a black-and-white cookie now.

Diesel’s latest big bold watch has a huge 51mm case and a contrasting bezel reminiscent of a ship’s wheel. Its framed face has three dials so that you can track time in three time zones at once, and its mineral crystal face resists scratches. Choose from black/gold, black/iridescent, white/silver, red/black, and brown/silver color combos.

The Stylophone is a very basic analog electronic instrument that uses a conductive pen and a metal circuit board of “keys” as its input device. But with the help of a Digitech Whammy effects pedal and some quick pen play, maromaro1337 jammed out some iconic rock riffs on the monophonic keyboard. More here.