In those situations the delay or increment are demanded and the analog just can't provide that. The analog is now the type of clock people get for remembrance sake and really have no good use in current tournament play, either US Chess or FIDE. There was an attempt at marrying the delay with an analog, wood clock but that failed. Look at some of those clock faces and hands and flags. All others are either plastic, that is molded, or metal, aluminum. Sure, there was a wood digital clock made, the Dual Timer, but it is no longer made and sold as new. They are made of plastic or wood and their displays are predominantly LCD ones with that grayish background and black numbers. Now the digitals are all ugly, and I do mean unattractive. Once I began getting into wood pieces and boards, the digital, delay clocks started coming on the market precluding me getting the Jerger I liked so much. But then I was playing with plastic chess sets and vinyl boards only, so there was no clash of design. I owned one but I certainly didn't like how it looked. The quartz analog came along but they were pretty much all made of plastic. But some guys had Jerger and Insa clocks, and they were noticably niceer and better to look at and play a game with. The little BHB clocks were the most used. In the flag, I do like the look of the Insa clocks.īack when I started playing chess, 1988, analog clocks were all that was used in tournament play except for the extremely rare digital clock, of course without delay or increment. But the clock faces and hands along with the flag itself really can and often look very nice. I personally like the Jerger that had a slight tilt back to it for easier viewing. I would like some of the antique clock collectors to please post pictures of their favorite clock or clocks. Now, it is my opinion that the wood analog clocks are the best looking of all clocks.
I am going to discuss the analog clocks first and then, in a second post, discuss the digital clocks. And the digital has a further sub-category of without delay and/or increment or with it. There really are 2 divisions when talking about Chess clocks, analog and digital. I am starting this topic because I want to discuss the various and different Chess clocks available.
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