The legendary Star Trek Communicator has been reimagined as a luxury wrist watch
The Hautlence Retrovision '64 watch is limited to a run of three timepieces and costs $165,000
Luxury Swiss watch maker Hautlence has revealed the Retrovision ’64 timepiece, which is a very high-end tribute to the handheld Star Trek Communicator device.
Unveiled at the Watches & Wonders 2026 event, the Retrovision ’64 mechanical watch offers the similar pop-up cover and perforated grille to the device used by Captain Kirk and co., which first appeared in the original Star Trek series in an episode that aired in 1964. Hence the name paying tribute to the “symbol of 1960s science fiction.”
The device has a horizontal hour display and a single- minute dial with visible workings. Wearers will see the hour indicator tick over the moment the minute dial returns to zero. It’s called a ‘linear retrograde jumping hours module’ and was developed in collaboration with fellow Swiss watchmaker Agenhor.
“The 1960s were an era of space conquest, the first satellites and dreams of interstellar exploration. In living rooms around the world, TVs broadcast adventures in which humans voyaged across galaxies aboard sleek spacecraft, communicating through small hand-held devices that seemed straight out of the future,” the company says in a press release.
The watch has a self-winding mechanical movement, a power reserve of 72 hours, has 239 components and 39 jewels. It’s constructed with grade five titanium with sapphire glass protecting the precious insides.
The Retrovision ’64 is limited to just three pieces in total, making this a pretty exclusive item that’s, naturally, exclusively priced. It’s going to cost $165,000 (around £121,000), so it’s definitely one for the most ardent Trekkies out there.
This is the third watch in the Retrovision Series. The first was the Retrovision ’47 which was unveiled in 2024 and is inspired by transistor radios, while the Retrovision ’85 arrived a year later inspired by Japanese robotics.
Chris Smith
