I've found what I've been looking for... it's another Braun.
https://www.johnlewis.com/braun-analogue-alarm-clock-black/p5219822
This one allows the backlit to be continuous, but the analogue hands also have little glow bits too.
It's still silent, easy to read, and doesn't need to be lit... so this works.
so this works
In my experience I wouldn't count on this until you've bought it and slept with it for a few nights!
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I've found what I've been looking for... it's another Braun.
https://www.johnlewis.com/braun-analogue-alarm-clock-black/p5219822
This one allows the backlit to be continuous, but the analogue hands also have little glow bits too.
It's still silent, easy to read, and doesn't need to be lit... so this works.