10" Diameter, Plastic Frame, Atomic Analog Wall Clock, Features Atomic Time With Optional Manual Setting, Automatically Sets To Exact Time, Accurate To The Second, Automatically Updates, 4 Time Zone Settings & Requires 1 Alkaline Battery To Operate.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Worst of Amazon - 2 out of 3 borken:
I purchased 3 of these and two were not functioning properly out of box. I contacted support and they initiated a lengthy two week email guidance program, most of which was focussed on using good quality battries. After email support they asked me to ship these to La Crosse (at my expense) for warranty repair! SHAMELESS PPL.
Partially Broke Already???:
Great looking clock. Looks sharp on the wall in my office, and the atomic/auto time setting feature works well. However, one week into it and the second hand stops working. The minute and hour still tell the correct time, but the second hand is stuck at :08. Not a big enough problem to send back and I really like the classic appearance. I would not hesitate to buy another one, hopefully with second hand with more that a one week life span.
The minute hand works great:
I've had this clock for about eight months; it's gone through two daylight savings time transitions. The minute hand has always worked flawlessly, keeping me up-to-date with the current minute of the hour with the accuracy of the world's most powerful atomic clock. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about the second hand and the hour hand. When it arrived, the plastic second hand was so curved that it rubbed against the other hands and got stuck until I opened up the glass and managed to bend it back... more info
Atomic (?) Clock:
I have been using this unit for about ten months now. The clock runs well but I have already replaced the battery once. It seems that, if the clock is fast, periodically the clock has to pace through the 12 hours to reset. The other comments about this clock not adapting to the time change are absolutely true according to my experience also. In the fall, I had relatively little problem because I set the unit to Central time instead of Eastern until the unit finally corrected for the time change about a... more info
