PlayStation Has Entered The Watch World
Sony marks 30 years by launching a mechanical watch inspired by the original PS1
For 30 years, PlayStation has lived in plastic. Consoles, controllers, memory cards, discs. Objects designed to be touched, battered, upgraded, replaced.
But then, Sony decided to mark its 30th anniversary with a mechanical wristwatch. And boom, even that history now belongs in the collector cabinet.
The headline piece is the First PlayStation Limited Edition Mechanical Watch, created with Hong Kong–based watchmaker Anicorn. It’s limited to 300 pieces worldwide and priced at $780 — roughly the cost of a PS5 Pro, which feels confusing. But then again, what would you rather have? You decide. On one hand, there’s a beautiful mechanical permanence that you can flaunt on your wrist. On another, GTA 6 is coming?
Crucially, this isn’t quartz or digital. It’s mechanical. Automatic. Old-school in a way that mirrors the original PlayStation itself — a machine that rewired entertainment without screaming about it. Inside is a Miyota 9039 movement with a 42-hour power reserve, visible through an exhibition caseback. The choice of a mechanical heart is the point: this thing ages, ticks, wears in. Like memory.
Design-wise, Anicorn shows restraint, which is rare in gaming collaborations. The case is finished in unmistakable PS1 grey — that soft, industrial plastic tone burned into the muscle memory of anyone who booted up Tekken or Ridge Racer in the mid-90s. The dial uses raised △〇×□ symbols as hour markers, which in my opinion, look beautiful. The hands reference the Start and Select buttons.
Flip the watch over and the caseback nods to the PS1’s optical disc drive — a detail that exists purely for the people who care. That’s the recurring theme here.
There’s also a clever modern flourish: a memory-card-inspired NFC capsule that links to a digital “memory board”.
Alongside the flagship model are two more accessible quartz watches — the Play Symbol Dark Mode and Light Mode editions — priced around $250. These lean playful rather than archival, with floating symbols that move as you wear them.
The watches launch December 19, 2025, exclusively via Anicorn, with deliveries slated for mid-2026. Only 300 people will own the mechanical one. So get cracking.