Do you need to drop a not-so-subtle trace that you just desire the analog sound of vinyl over digital music every time somebody asks you the time? AndoAndoAndo’s new Vinyl Record Automatic Watch seems to be like a tiny turntable strapped to your wrist – however not simply any previous file participant. The timepiece’s designer, Yu Ando, drew inspiration from the enduring Technics SL-1200, a line of turntables favored by DJs because the late ‘70s.
The watch is powered by an ultra-thin Miyota 9039 mechanical movement with a reserve of 42 hours between windings. In an try and maintain true to the Technics SL-1200’s design, the watch’s face doesn’t embody any quantity labels. However the dots encircling the tiny timetable’s platter can be utilized to decipher the present hour, minute, and seconds.
The minute hand is designed to seem like a turntable’s tone arm. Beneath it you’ll discover a miniature vinyl file with a label made up of two spinning discs. The bigger of the 2 discs is printed with the letter A that factors to the present hour. The smaller disc, displaying the seconds, is somewhat tougher to interpret. Ando means that when the textual content on the smaller disc is completely stage, you may learn it because the seconds rolling over from 60 to the subsequent minute.
The watch is presently obtainable for preorder in three variants. You will get one with a purple, black, and silver end or a black, gold, and black end for $438, with transport anticipated as early as April 2025. There’s additionally an all gold model, priced somewhat steeper at $455, however the firm solely plans to supply a restricted run of 30 of them.