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 from the late 1970s. Housed in a 51mm stainless steel case with an acrylic crystal, a winding crown/activation pusher at 12 o’clock, and a reset pusher at seven seconds, it features a gloss white and red dial with an outer 1/5th-seconds track, a 60-minute totalizer below 12 o’clock with 45 minutes demarcated in red, and a blued steel 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. This one even includes its original service papers from 1977.

Who could turn down such a delightful, mechanical gift?!