I would make a terrible vampire. As the days grow shorter and the inevitable clock change looms, I turn into a glum, shuffling mess. While the rest of the country celebrates an extra hour of sleep, I mourn hours of usable daylight that are about to vanish for five long months. Which is why my current tech obsession isn’t a flashy new iPhone, a quirky handheld console or a mind-blowing headset. It’s a sunrise alarm clock. Although don’t get me wrong – it’s not exactly a love affair.

The particular sunrise alarm clock I own doesn’t quite hark from a period when people still thought digital watches were a pretty neat idea. But it’s not new. My wife gifted me my Lumie years ago – and from a functional perspective, it works.