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

Bought the white face, bold black one. I was a bit concerned as there were no instructions included, but I put the battery in and it spun round all the way and stuck at midnight. Great, thinks me, it's broken. Took the dogs out and came back and it had set itself to the correct time and was working fine. I was just too impatient I guess. Early days yet, but it seems to work fine and does exactly what it's supposed to. Time is accurate to my Alexa dot with clock, and it's nice and quiet. No ticking sound as far as I can tell. I got it on sale at 40% off and it was good value at that price. £16 instead of £26. Up to you if you think full price is worth it, but £16 for something that works it was a no brainer for me.

Nice and clear clock to read. Not luminous. Unfortunately my wife has very bad eyesight and decided to go for an illuminated clock.

No instructions included and couldn’t find any on the Acctim site either 😞 First attempts using the red button - hands simply sweeped around 12 hours. Tried to pick up a radio signal in several different locations - no joy. Was about to put it back in the box when it suddenly started up by itself and set the correct time. I’d say you need to allow around 30 minutes for the clock to pick up a radio signal. Would have been so much easier if Acctim had included instructions! Hence 4 stars. The clock looks good and is very clear/easy to read the time. A weak ticking sound which shouldn’t disturb (I hate any intrusive sounds).

This clock is brilliant, I've never seen this type of clock being set up. It took literally minutes,and it was all automatic.

Excellent price for excellent purchase- very happ

This clock works well enough, but there are several points to note. 1. The clear plastic lens that covers the dial is convex outwards, which means that it reflects a lot of light. Hence the clock face is not as bright and clear as it appears in the picture. 2. As with many clocks of the cheaper variety, the hands to not align exactly with the lines on the dial. On my clock the minute hand was about 20 seconds out of alignment (which makes a nonsense of the radio-controlled to-the-second accuracy), plus the second and hour hands are also slightly off. The hands are also slightly loose (another common feature), so they tend to fall forward between 12 and 6, then fall back between 6 and 12. 3. However, with this clock it is relatively easy to remove the plastic lens (small lugs at 10 and 2 o'clock can be pushed out). Having done this, I was able (with a certain amount of fiddling and some patience) to get the minute hand more or less into alignment (still falls forward slightly on the way down to 6) . I left the other two alone, since to adjust them would probably involve stopping the clock, removing the hands and refitting them at a fractionally different position. 4. I considered leaving the plastic lens off, to get rid of the reflection problem, but the clock is mounted in the kitchen and the face would tend to get grimy, over time. So I put it back on.

Love the Ticking sound of the second hand on this, reminds me of how wall clocks sounded back in the 1970s.

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.

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

l'horloge ne se met pas à l'heure à éviter

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...

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 it So it's useless abroad the London time zone. Please don't buy it

mauvaise qualité