Magnetic 60 Minute Kitchen Timer

There is a case for a timer that is not on a phone. A phone timer gets buried under notifications, dies when the battery does and cannot be set with wet hands. A dial timer stuck to the front of the oven is set with one twist, is visible from across the kitchen, and is never doing anything else. This is that timer.

The dial runs to sixty minutes with large, well-spaced digits that are readable from the other side of a room — useful when the timer is on the oven door and you are at the sink. The magnet on the back holds firmly to an oven front, a fridge door, an extractor hood or any steel surface, so it lives where it is used rather than in a drawer.

When time is up the alarm is deliberately loud and distinct, audible from another room, which is the whole point of a kitchen timer and something that quieter electronic ones fail at. Four colours are offered: green, yellow, white and red, all in a plain round case with no branding across the face. Wipe clean with a damp cloth rather than immersing it. It is a kitchen tool and not a toy, so keep it out of reach of small children.

• Magnetic kitchen timer with a 60 minute dial
• Large, widely spaced digits readable from across a kitchen
• Strong rear magnet holds to oven fronts, fridges and extractor hoods
• Loud, distinct alarm audible from an adjoining room
• Colours: green, yellow, white or red in a plain unbranded case
• Wipe clean with a damp cloth; do not immerse in water
• A kitchen tool, not a toy - keep out of reach of small children