vinyl record player automatic watch reimagines panasonic SL-1200 turntable as timepiece

AndoAndoAndo makes a vinyl record player automatic watch

Yu Ando of AndoAndoAndo creates a vinyl record player automatic watch that draws design from the Panasonic Technics SL-1200 turntable. The fully functional timepiece can tell time using a mini-tonearm that rotates on the dial, a logo, and a disc. For the hour, the accessory uses a record label with an ‘A’ logo. It indicates the hour using the tip of the letter. The tonearm tells the minutes, and Yu Ando says he knows that it’s not straight.

‘It’s not pointing straight at the minute marker, so you can interpret it in your own way,’ he writes. More or less, the direction of the tonearm roughly pinpoints the minutes, then. As for the disc on the vinyl record player automatic watch, it lies in the center to mark the seconds. The designer says the zero second begins from when the text on the disc is ‘readable’, meaning back to its original position. It is luminescent too, so the disc glows in blue in the dark.

all images courtesy of AndoAndoAndo

inspired by the Panasonic Technics SL-1200 turntable

The vinyl record player automatic watch, inspired by the Panasonic Technics SL-1200 turntable, runs on Miyota 9039 Premium automatic movement. Yu Ando of AndoAndoAndo says the timepiece is for music and vinyl record fans. The designer adds that most parts of the product are affordable; therefore, the build may not withstand time. Still, it’s an accessory to consider for those who like collecting record-related design objects.

Yu Ando shares that he makes the watch hand of the vinyl record player automatic watch. In this case, the hand is replaceable in case the wearer needs to repair the timepiece. To further the ‘approximate’ time-telling capability of the accessory, the designer doesn’t embed or print numbers onto the sides of the dial. Instead, uses dots for the hours and minutes, the former being in bold format to distinguish it from the latter. The vinyl record player automatic watch begins shipping between the end of March and the beginning of April 2025.

Yu Ando of AndoAndoAndo creates a vinyl record player automatic watch

the accessory draws design from the Panasonic Technics SL-1200 turntable

the fully functional timepiece can tell time using a mini-tonearm that rotates on the dial

for the hour, the accessory uses the record label with the ‘A’ logo

detailed view of the timepiece

there’s an all-gold edition limited to 30 units only

for this model, the even the casing and the dial are in gold

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project info:

name: Vinyl record player automatic watch

design: AndoAndoAndo | @andoandoando_design