Atari has teamed up with the watchmaker Nubeo to launch a limited-edition, Asteroids-themed watch — and it’s certainly a swanky timepiece. It’s obtainable for order now for $499 and is anticipated to launch transport in early February. A watch like this may be an important present for the retro gamer in your life, particularly since solely 700 can be manufactured.
With a observe and really feel that’s distinctly 1979, the watch face is represented by a number of rings and a spaceship in the middle. The spaceship slowly rotates and fires a relentless stream of lasers that signify the second hand, whereas a pair of UFOs on the opposite rings signify the minutes and the hour.
Colourful asteroids dot the watchface, printed with Swiss Tremendous-LumiNova paint that ends in a glow-in-the-dark impact. The asteroids wander across the face all through the day, too. If you happen to didn’t know any higher, you possibly can nearly swear a sport of Asteroids was being performed out in your wrist.
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The watch itself is 50mm in diameter and 16mm thick, so it’s a bit bigger than the Apple Watch, although comparable in measurement to the Galaxy Watch. It comes with a two-year guarantee and is water-proof as much as a whopping 21 atmospheres, or ATMs. For reference, that’s about 210 meters — though you almost certainly shouldn’t swim that deep with this watch on.
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This isn’t Atari’s first try at branching out. The corporate debuted the GameStation Proceed at CES 2025 and launched the Atari 7800+ late final 12 months.
Curious? You’d higher act speedily. Whereas there are 5 totally different coloured bands to select from, three colours — Nebula Blue, Nova Dusk, and Plasma Pumpkin — are already offered out. Solely the Supernova Crimson and Celestial Citrine are nonetheless obtainable for buy. You possibly can decide one in all these up your self from Atari’s web site.
