This little clock isn't much to look at. That is, it's n...ot fancy, glitzy, or like that. But it does keep time OK. It took a day or so to get it regulated, and has been working well ever since. Is it as accurate as a quartz clock? No, but I like the style and listening to the tick tock in a quiet room. All things considered, I'd recommend this little clock, if nothing else than for the novelty of an old fashioned reminder of days gone by.
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I a...m very sorry to say that, like almost ALL wind-up clocks you buy from China, this one is a piece of NOT-WORTH-THE-MONEY crud. The ONLY good thing is the alarm_ VERY loud indeed. Oh, and it DOES have a pleasant sound. I have not looked on the inside yet, but I believe the gears and major parts are 3D printed, not metal. What this means is the quality control is not there at ALL, and I would bet that, if I did open-up the clock to take a look-see, I would find small bits of 'flashing' on some of the 3D parts. Again, I am ASSUMING we have 'plastic' 3D printed gears and such. The clock will run throughout the night, but when coming back to bed later on, the thing has stopped! From this point, it only requires about four or five winds. This tells me, if on the 12-14 winds I should get around thirty hours of run-time, then sure enough, on four or five winds I DO get around eight-ten hours, or a night's sleep. I was truly wanting to like this clock, as it has that satisfying tick-tock sound. However, you can HEAR that the mechanism is not properly working as there is this sort of 'giddy-up' thing that happens... it goes okay for about seven-to-ten back & forth cycles, like what you would expect - tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock ... but THEN you will hear, about five or six times in a row, what sounds like tick-y-tock tick-y-tock tick-y-tock tick-y-tock. So, something is either out of balance, or maybe some small bit of flashing is being hit. All I really KNOW, though, is the clock ALWAYS stops after about ten hours or so. BUMMER. I can not recommend this cheap clock from China. Like they say, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!
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The marathon wind-up alarm clock is the be...st designed i have ever used easy to wind-up set loud alarm fantastic find recommend these to all in need of a great alarm clock!
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Clock has a good loud ring to wake you up. One problem is ...the thumb pads to wind up the springs are small and somewhat difficult to wind up the springs for both clock and alarm. Otherwise good product.
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The marathon alarm clock is user friendly very acc...urate time piece easy to windup and set and i would highly recommend these to anyone in need.
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