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Braun BC02 alarm clock
E6 · Level 2 · A quiet chip Dependable doofus

Braun BC02 alarm clock

Braun BC02 analogue alarm clock, designed by Dietrich Lubs.

$29Buy on Amazon
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A quartz movement, one AA battery and a beep that gets louder. It knows the time and when to wake you, and nothing else.

Off-grid
Runs on battery, crank or solar, so it survives a power cut.
Calm
Does not compete for your attention: no notifications, feeds or endless content. Does its job and gets out of the way.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisBraun BC02 alarm clock
What it replacesSmart oneAmazon Echo Spot
2
Power cut
TRUE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
FALSE
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
FALSE
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
#DEPENDS
FALSE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
5 of 65/6and one maybe
0 of 60/6

The smart one is the Amazon Echo Spot.

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Quartz, one AA, a beep.

Braun BC02 alarm clock

$29
Off-grid · Calm
Braun BC02 alarm clock$29
Buy on Amazon