Sure, Analog:Shift is a business built around the love of watches — mostly mechanical watches. But, in essence, it’s our love for timepieces and timekeeping in general that are the common themes throughout the items we procure. And that includes the love of clocks in general: pocket watches, travel clocks, and more. 

After all, in the couple hundred years before the First World War, personal timekeeping was all about the pocket watch, and before that, it was larger clocks that were front and center, horologically. We still believe a good clock — such as a classic travel model from the 1920s or 1930s — has a place in the watch lover’s collection.

This particular timepiece is an awesome, vintage Heuer stopwatch Reference .48-80 from the 1970s. Housed in a 62mm black fiberglass case with an acrylic crystal, a start/stop pusher at 100 seconds and a flyback pusher at 10 seconds, it features an outer, white seconds track with black printing, an inner, black minute track with white printing, and a bright orange and yellow handset. 

Dating from the pre-TAG days and used in schools, broadcast rooms, racetracks, and more, these vintage Heuer stopwatches remain useful, fun accessories for a watch-loving household. Who could turn down such a delightful, mechanical gift?!