When it comes to watches, “weird, wonderful, and complicated” rarely mix well with “value,” which makes Xeric such a fun anomaly of a brand. Not afraid of odd-shaped cases, wild colors, and unique ways of telling time, Xeric has forged a catalog unlike any other. You won’t find much that could be considered “on trend,” but you will find wandering hours, jump hours, and retrograde displays, mostly under $2,000, with many under $1,000.

The Sector began with the Volta, a small, retro watch with a late 20th-century vibe, a geometric case, oddly placed controls, and a double retrograde display. As millennials, it immediately spoke to the many hours we spent in arcades as children. For the Worn & Wound version, we kept what made the watch so appealing while creating a new, sector-inspired dial built around its unusual double retrograde display.

Rather than displaying every hour, the even numerals, ranging from 6 to 6, are larger and bolder, arranged along a curved index. A long, thin minute hand aligns with the minute track above, while the wider, skeletonized triangular hour hand glides along the hour index. At 36mm x 37mm and just 10.25mm thick, the Sector is compact, slim, and comfortable, recalling the digital watches that were often on our wrists in the ’90s.

Highlighter is named pretty literally, as the colors on the dial resemble the neon markers we all carried around in our backpacks. Bright blue, pink, orange, and green pop against a black, gridded backdrop, emphasized by a PVD black case and matching rubber strap. In the dark, the colors come alive, resembling what the dashboard of a Light Cycle might look like.