YC5052

This radio-controlled wall clock is excellent. It set itself automatically and keeps perfect time with no effort required. The large bold numbers are easy to read, even from across the room. The silver and white design looks clean and modern, fitting nicely in my kitchen and would suit an office or classroom just as well. It feels well-made and reliable, not cheap or flimsy. Simple to hang, runs quietly, and always shows the correct time — exactly what a clock should do. Very happy with this purchase and would definitely recommend it.

This is my first atomic clock and I made sure that I read the instructions thoroughly before I installed the battery. To be honest, all I needed to do was to put the AA battery in and the clock did the rest. First, it sent the hour, minute and second hands all around until they were all pointing at 12 and then it began to search for the signal from Cumbria. That took about five minutes to receive and the clock then set itself to the correct time. It really was as easy as that. In appearance, the clock resembles the sort of timepiece that you would see on a railway station back in British Railway days, or something that would be on the wall of an institutional office. It is purely utilitarian, with a face that is easy to read, a factor which is very important to me as I get older and my eyes become wonkier. At ten inches across the dial is large enough for the average living room wall, and the clock is a good two inches thick. I suspect that has less to do with the need to provide space for its workings and more to do with the fact that this clock aims at copying the style of institutional clocks of yore. The clock ticks softly, something which is not needed with its battery operation, but it is an agreeable, soothing sound that does not distract from the radio, television or conversations. All in all a very good purchase at a very reasonable price.

As other reviewers have said already, you do have to be a bit patient setting the clock up, after inserting the battery nothing happened with mine. Pressing the reset button triggers the clock to attempt to get both hands to 12. Moving the clock to a room in the house that doesn't have any electrical devices and leaving it overnight saw the clock more to almost the right time. Mine is persistently 1 minute fast, the setting controls only enable advancement so aside from advancing by 1 minute 59 times I'll just have to live with it. I bought the clock for the outside garage so absolute accuracy isn't critical. The clock face is bright and super legible.

Pleased with the clock. Good size with clear numerals at a distant. Setting up was not as quick as I would have hoped. Eventually set it up in another room then moved it to permanent position. Similar experience when the clocks were to be set back. Stopped with all hands at 12 and many restarts and resets failed although other radio clocks had updated. However, patience, and it's keeping good time and I am pleased with purchase. Put it down to signal strength. Have experienced this problem with other radio clocks but not life threatening.

Up to a point this clock was ok although the minute hand is not quite accurate. But after only 4 months after the battery appeared to be wearing out the clock now does not work at all. No amount of replacing batteries and tweaking the controls has any effect.

Put a battery in, hang it on nail or screw and forget it. It soon sets itself, it is accurate to the second, adjusts for DST / BST as needed, batteries last for a very long time, (even cheap ordinary alkaline or zinc batteries), it's silent, easy to read at some distance, looks OK and great value for the price. What's not to love!!

So far, so good. Came, battery put in, 5 minutes later working. Actually sits about 10ft from another radio controlled clock and both have same time!

Absolutely spot on time and has been that way for over a year now. Adjusts for daylight saving automatically. Highly recommended.