You can find Harry Potter merch in the Muggle world faster than you can say "Accio!" Between Hogwarts uniforms, Butterbeer marshmallows, and, uh, Harry-cosplaying lingerie, there's a magical object for everyone. But if you're a true Potterhead, at one point you probably yearned for something a little more magical. Who didn't want an actual Time Turner for all the times you hit snooze way too many times, or any number of Fred and George's Wizard Wheezes, or, say, a moving portrait of Cole Sprouse?
One of the most covetable pieces of HP-world swag, of course, was the Weasley family's clock at The Burrow. With nine hands, one for each member of the Weasley family, the clock told you where everyone was at any given time, from more mundane locales like home, school, work, hospital, and traveling, to far more concerning states like prison or mortal peril. Now, one enterprising Potterhead who runs "DC Creatives" has actually made the Weasley clock for IRL consumption. The expected retail value is a hefty $500, but without knowing the Galleon-USD exchange rate, this could very well be a steal.
Of course, for licensing purposes, this version is called the slightly less-wizardly "Eta Clock," but it operates exactly the same, tracking friends' and family members' whereabouts using color-coded hands. According to the clock's Kickstarter, it uses an smartphone app in conjunction with the physical clock face. "Mobile devices broadcast their geolocation coordinates to our secure server, which acts simply as a proxy, relaying those coordinates to your at-home Eta Clock device."
Like the Weasleys' device, the Eta Clock can track people at home, school, work, and other such routine locations (which you save in the app beforehand). But unlike the Weasleys', it also lets you know if people are at the gym, abroad, or simply "out." And, (fortunately?) there's no space labeled "mortal peril." Yet.
