Acctim Parona Radio Controlled Wall Clock 23cm Diameter (Black)

Good clock keeps good time

Excellent clock

Although the item states 23cm diameter, and it is indeed 23cm, the clock does seem to look smaller, especially taking into account the black bezel.Being radio control it sets and keeps the time automatically.As with many radio control clocks, finding a position in the building to receive a signal quite be tricky.For initial setting keeping the clock in a window overnight works best for myself (Hastings, East Sussex - roughly 400 miles away from the transmitter, Anthorn).The clock face is clear and easy to read, and all the hands aligned perfectly when at 12 o'clock (some cheaper clocks have the hands slight mis-aligned). Attractive and functional, but looks 'cheap' close-up.If you find this review useful, please consider clicking on ‘YES’ below, thanks!

## its Claimed it connects at 1am - 3am - 5am - 1pm - 5pm - 9pm - they also advice the signal is stronger at Night !!!! ## - as far as I am aware ' the signal comes from The National Physical Laboratory time signal Anthorn Radio Station near Anthorn, Cumbria so if you live in the south for better reception it would make sense if the clock is near a window facing North. I live in a Tower Block that faces East so when setting up I had it close to a window and it did correctly adjust to the correct time. The clock face is nice and very easy to read even from a distance - it will be interesting to see how it deals with BST 26 March 2023 - I suspect I will have to move it close to a North facing window ' but time will tell ' - well worth the money. ## a late update - the clock is now in the location I prefer ' which is 5 feet from a window and the other day ' it corrected itself at 5pm ' so it does look the radio signal is stronger than I expected ' ##

2nd of these clocks, old age overcame the first one so as it had never let us down it seemed sensible to replace like with like. Very slight problem - the sticker took quite a lot of effort to lift from the face without scratching the surface, but all good and everyone where they should be at the proper time again.

The clock arrived promptly. I inserted a battery, hooked the clock onto the bedroom wall (where my old clock had previously hung), wondered off for a while and upon return half hour or so later the clock had set itself up and was showing the time. Great! I like just about everything about it - the clear numbers (and I mean numbers not Roman numerals or dashes) the white background and the good size face.Come bedtime we jumped into bed and became suddenly aware of the loud tick. The plasterboard wall must have been acting like a drum-skin. My partner could not tolerate it and I found it a bit of a nuisance so I had to drag it off the wall and swap it with our silent kitchen clock. Both clocks have a red surround and are of similar size so there is not much difference. The kitchen has a solid wall so I sit here writing, listening to a gentle tick. Twenty four hours on, I am happy with the clock and am looking forward to not having to touch it for years until the battery dies.Alas, November 2021 and the clock has failed to make the hour adjustment for the second time since purchase - very disappointing. I go on-line to seek the manual to figure out what to do. More grief - the search on the Acctim website tells me the manual for the Acctim Parona 74314 does not exist! So again I take the clock off the wall and fiddle around with the Set, Rec and Reset buttons on the back of the clock. Pressing a toothpick into the little button named Set gets the hands moving. I watch and wait for the hands to move to the new time then remove the toothpick. With a bit of luck you've got it right, otherwise, do it again. I have reduced my star rating from 4 to 3. I still like the clock despite its shortcomings.Incidentally, the assessment of "sheerness" aspect I take to mean an assessment of the clarity of view of the clock-face, consequently the answer is "yes" there is a very clear, unobstructed view of the clock-face.Well here we are at 4th January 2022 and the clock has gone up the creek. Yesterday it was a half hour fast, today it is half an hour slow. I assumed the battery had come to its end of life, so slipped a new one in. Pressed the set button with the tooth pick and all hands moved to 1200. In theory the atomic update will occur at every odd hour (1,3,5 o'clock etc) so I waited. Alas, it did not work - not on any of the odd hours. It is possible to get the thing going by sticking the toothpick into one of the buttons on the clock back and It is now running at 20 minutes slow. I guess it is possible to time it right to get it going on time soon after 12, but I did not get it quite right, hence the 20 minutes discrepancy . I was hoping for a catchup at the next odd hour, but NO. The fact is it is now more of a challenge than setting up the time using the old cog method of rotating the hands. So much for my hopes of not having to touch the thing for years. Blimey, after just writing the end of the last sentence the clock has stopped completely - 9 minutes past 4. And suddenly it has just started up again. It's going to ba a bin job for this one and the next one is not going to be an Acctim.

Perfect for my garage

Worked very well for 18 months then the radio part packed up. So I now have to set it manually and it never corrects.

"signal from the UK's Atomic clock" .... na super !!! Die Uhr ist dann wohl nichts für Deutschland. Sollte man eigentlich dazuschreiben.

Cette horloge radio pilotée fonctionne, certes, mais le problème est qu'elle se règle sur l'heure du Royaume Uni, c'est à dire une heure de moins que l'heure française. Et ce quelles que soient les manipulations opérées à partir des indications du mode d'emploi, en anglais uniquement...matériel complètement inutilisable.Pas très professionnel de vendre en France une horloge à l'heure anglaise...

Oui cela m'a été livré, mais cette horloge ne fonctionne PAS en France !Elle se règle sur le fuseau horaire anglais, donc avec systématiquement exactement avec une heure de retard !Donc impossible de régler sur l'heure en France !Comment faire ?Est-il possible e mettre l'horloge sur le fuseau horaire français ?Est-il possible de contacter le vendeur pour des explications?Comment faire le renvoi de cette horloge qui ne fonctionne pas ?Merci.

Clock is receiving the signal and set the time, but there is no way to set the correct time zone or prevent using the signal. So even if you'll set the time manually, when the signal arrives - clock will use itSo it's useless abroad the London time zone. Please don't buy it

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