The Texas Instruments CC1101 is a very versatile, high quality and cheap transceiver, supporting a wide range of frequencies and modulations. Ready-to-use CC1101 modules are as cheap as 5.00€ and at ...
You can buy all kinds of conventional clocks that have hands and numbers for easy reading. Or, like [Fabio Ricci], you could build yourself something a little more esoteric, like this neat shadow ...