“You use an actual alarm clock?” they asked, as though it was a fax machine. It was years later, in 1874, when the French inventor Antoine Redier became the first person to patent an adjustable mechanical alarm clock. German clockmakers reportedly soon followed and by the end of the 1800s, the electric alarm clock had been invented. From riffs on the Panasonic RC-6025 radio alarm clock, immortalized in the 1993 film Groundhog Day, to more retro designs from classic brands like Roberts. All I was after, though, was a straightforward alarm clock, much like my original.

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Persons: CNN —, I’d, you’re, ”, Lily Silverton, Levi Hutchins, ” Hutchins, Antoine Redier, Seth E, clockmakers, Roberts, Virgil Abloh’s, Braun, Dieter Rams, Dietrich Lubs, Paul Smith, “ It’s, –, I’m Organizations: CNN, Deloitte, roosters, Panasonic, Dieter, “ Technology Locations: Britain, Concord , New Hampshire, French, Silverton