The Zen Alarm Clock (click on the Zen Alarm Clocks button)
I got one of these this weekend (the honey/labyrinth combination). It’s great. As the page says, at the time that the clock is set for, it rings a chime once. Then after a few minutes rings again, then shorter and shorter delays until about the eight minute mark, when it rings constantly every five seconds.
Waking up to it is like having someone standing near your bed, whispering, “Hey, it’s time to wake up …” No buzzing, or loud music, just a nice, peaceful transition to wakefulness. Of course, it’s not for those who need someone to come riding through on an elephant with frying pans stuck to the bottom of its feet before they wake up. It’s very subtle.
And one of the coolest things about it is that the decrease in time between each successive ring is based on the Golden Mean. How cool is that?
I highly recommend it.