La Crosse Technology 404-1235UA-PL UltrAtomic 14 inch Stainless Steel Wall Clock, Shatterproof Lens, Silver

This clock exceeds my expectations. It was easy to set up and took about 5 minutes to synchronize with WWV. It is quiet, easy to read and keeps perfect time. In addition, it looks great.

This is a great clock. Does DST and standard time changes all by itself. Very visible from a distance. Going on 2 years on first battery. For function and quality, price was reasonable. When I put one on the deck I’ll get another just like this.

For a relatively inexpensive "Atomic" clock, it is simply amazing. When I received the clock, I preset the switches for my time zone and whether my region accepts or ignores Daylight Savings Time. In went the batteries to where the clock raced to find midnight, then raced to 4:00 and then it stopped turning. Ok, good, it was searching for NIST signal... By the time I got out my ladder and my hammer to set a picture frame hook - it found the correct time for my area. It has had it kept *To The Second(tm)* even when compared to other atomic time devices I currently possess. Hands and touch free for the past month. The clock face is a bright, white card with black numerals. Hands are precisely lined up and both are extremely easy to read, even across the entire room without glasses. A bright red second sweep hand with counterbalance is to the tick, dead accurate on the face. The body is of a quality and real stainless steel, no anodized plastic here! The face is covered in a domed glass crystal. Bright, clear and aberration free. The main body you do not see is of sturdy, non-flexing ABS black plastic. She is of the right size for my room, the dial face an amazing 14" in diameter. There are other color choices and options, but I didn't want a black/charcoal faced clock in my bedroom. The neutral colors and brushed stainless literally make it dissolve and self-match room color and decor. Now this is NOT a silent quartz movement. It does make an audible tick you can hear across the room. Every 15 seconds, it advances the minute and hour hands with a pronounced *CLICK*. This is not a bother to me at all - I find machine sounds rather calming. But if you're sensitive about that sort of thing, do not mount this close or directly above your headboard. No. Just no. There is nothing "atomic" or radioactive in the clock. That happens somewhere else. It's just a quartz movement clock with a radio that listens to the Nationally broadcast NIST signal that's derived from real, radioactive Cesium 135 clocks that count the vibrations of said Cesium in a vacuum. This clock is ABSOLUTELY safe. What makes it "ULTRATOMIC"? NIST out of Boulder, CO had in the past updated the broadcast technique for transmitting Universal time code. The original 60KHz signal added an enhanced side-band transmission that beefed up an already robust time signal with additional data. Unlike your original or standard atomic clock, this one listens to BOTH signals at the same time with a very unique twin antenna receiver. It almost guarantees a correct time code reception that others struggle to rival. Is it perfect? No. There can be circumstances where time code reception can be still very difficult. But let me tell you that the La Cross is exemplary in reception because of the dual antenna setup. It can get reception of correction data where nobody else can. But the signal is not only relatively weak, orientation of the clock will have the greatest rate of success. The signal primarily crosses the US in a East-West direction depending on your locale. Distance, weather and even solar activity come into play. That's why your atomic watches and clocks try a few times in the dead of wee-hours morning to receive adjustment data. Daytime solar radiation and heat "noise" hinders reception. If you can put this clock up on a wall, away from electronics, WI-FI, heavy current draw motors - with *either* the face or back pointed in an East-West vector? It. Works. Exceptionally. I live in the fringes of the East coast, in the south, as far as you could possibly get from Colorado.... Other atomics absolutely struggle until I take them outside occasionally. Yet, mounted so that the rear of the clock faces west - she's never skipped a beat. Highly recommended!

Set up was easy and quick having only to wait a few minutes before receiving the WWVB signal from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Fort Collins, CO. The clock is clear and visible from a distance. It is well made from stainless steel and doesnt look or feel cheap. Definitely worth the money and investment. I only used two "C" batteries as not to make it to heavy to hang. Clock runs extremely quiet except for a clunk sound every 15 seconds that you can barely hear. It's been working flawlessly and keeping accurate time. I'm very happy with this clock and recommend it for looks, quality and accuracy.

I got this clock for about $90, which was a bit steep, but supposedly this has a better receiver unit than most "atomic" clocks that you can get in the $20-$40 range. As I write this, the price has been reduced to a little under $60, which is probably a bit more appropriate. I got this because I wanted a nice analog-face clock to put in my den area above my television. This clock's design is fairly clean and simple, though I might have preferred to get one with a wood bezel around the edge. Still, it fits my apartment's decor alright. This has an "Ultratomic" receiver in it, which is supposedly better than cheaper clocks. I've had occasional issues with older La Crosse digital clocks over the years -- sometimes they don't synchronize for a few days, or they jump ahead/behind by several hours (usually keeping the minutes/seconds okay, but the hours have sometimes been wrong for some reason). So far, this clock hasn't had that issue. I'm also interested to see whether it does the DST -> standard time transition correctly or not. My previous clocks have often taken an extra day or two to set themselves during DST transitions. Note that this clock is somewhat different than a traditional analog one, as the minute and hour hands don't advance with each tick of the second hand. The minute hand advances once every 15 seconds (on :00, :15, :30, and :45), and the hour hand appears to advance once every few minutes (I haven't figured out the precise timing). This clock has an audible click every second, and every 15 seconds it is significantly louder because of advancing the minute hand (and potentially the hour hand). I find it a little disappointing that it operates that way, but it probably saves on battery life and makes it a bit easier for the clock to accurately position the hands without having a super-precise and expensive mechanism. This clock can operate on either 2 or 4 C-cell batteries -- only 2 are required, but having 4 is supposed to allow it to run longer before they need to be replaced. The specs say it can operate up to 7 years that way, though to really extend the battery life, you need to set it to "Eco" mode, which stops the second hand from running from 11 pm to 5 am, though the minute and hour hands continue to advance normally.

my previous Magnus 'atomic' clock always worked sporadically here in Toronto, and after a few years simply wouldn't pick up the NIST time signal but this LaCrosse UltrAtomic picked up the NIST signal on the 1st day. Looks great, love the 5 year battery life and fact that I can reliably receive the signal from Colorado with its dual antennae. Win/Win/Win!

It”s fantastic clock

Este reloj nunca pierde la señal de la WWV, ya que tiene doble antena y esto lo hace muy bueno para la recepción, excelente producto

I love it. Quality materials and design.

Excellent product. I purchased the clock a few years ago and it’s still moving the time with accuracy. Easy to operate with no problem at all. I highly recommend it.