My old alarm clock desperately needs to be replaced, I had to set my alarm to 5am to wake me up at around 7am. The 2 hour gap randomly increases and decreases every day so a lot of guessing work was involved.

My friend and I went to an area near Ikea to have dinner, after that we decided to stop by Ikea so that I can get a frying pan (cheap!).

While in a rush to go home, Ikea’s Dekad caught my eye. I just had to buy it. I always have a knack for vintage watches and clocks. It has a sleek, black metal body and it doesn’t look like cheap plastic replicas, there are no letterings or cartoon pictures on the clock face. It only costs me RM25 and I was obsessed with it ever since I paid for it at the counter. It’s perfect!

ikea dekad clock

Except… I have no idea that it not only looks vintage, but it works vintage too. It’s a wind-up! My friend and I, being too tech-savvy for non-digitized equipment, fiddled around with the four dials behind it. We spent almost 20 minutes figuring out what does what and finally got it working.

This intricate machine is currently sitting elegantly on my desk, ticking away (if I remember to wind it) and waiting to sound its loud machine-gun alarm…

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