My long-time (and accurate) 12-inch analog kitchen clock (24 years) dropped to floor in March, as I was adjusting for Daylight Savings Time. Of course, the polycarbonate lens cover cracked and I could not find a replacement. The manufacturer, General Time of Athens, GA (handled Seth Thomas, others) closed their operations in 2000. === So, I decided to order the LaCrosse UltrAtomic® clock. My experience, in setting it up this clock, was the same as noted by Larry. Took less than 90 minutes ... and agrees with my GPS/NTP server with IRIG displays. One caveat, while the clock was well packed, I heard a "rattle". Sometime, during this clock's assembly, the portion of the plastic retention lip for the glass/aluminum frame was broken off at the top (aggressive assembler or flaw in plastic molding?). Since I purchased the clock directly from LaCrosse, I sent them photos. They are sending a replacement clock with a return label for this one. greg w9gb Sent from iPad Air -- From: Larry McDavid <lmcdavid@lmceng.com> Subject: [time-nuts] UltrAtomic® Clock When I got home after my Thursday Lunch meeting today, my new La Crosse 404-1235UA-SS UltrAtomic® clock was waiting. I unpacked it and installed two (of 4 possible) C-cells and set it on the floor upstairs near the center of my home, fully under the radiant barrier insulation that has foiled (that's a pun!) all my previous "Atomic" clocks. The hands moved around 4 hours and stopped. I left. Returning about an hour later, the clock had set itself correctly! I verified the displayed time against my (Tindie) GPS Clock and the seconds and seconds-tick match as closely as I can determine visually.

My LaCrosse UltrAtomic® clock arrived yesterday from Amazon. In my case, the clock wasn't assembled on a Monday or a Friday, so nothing rattled, and the packaging defeated the animals in shipping. The clock was stopped, of course, at exactly 12:00. I installed four C-cells (big spender!), replaced the battery cover, and turned the clock over. The hands moved around to 4:00 and stopped. I hung the clock on an inside wall (facing west in my single-story northern California home) and I went about my business. Ten minutes later I checked back and the clock had set itself to the correct time. Happy camper! Jeremy, N6WFO On 4/12/2017 10:34 AM, Gregory Beat wrote: > My long-time (and accurate) 12-inch analog kitchen clock (24 years) dropped to floor in March, as I was adjusting for Daylight Savings Time. Of course, the polycarbonate lens cover cracked and I could not find a replacement. The manufacturer, General Time of Athens, GA (handled Seth Thomas, others) closed their operations in 2000. > === > So, I decided to order the LaCrosse UltrAtomic® clock. > My experience, in setting it up this clock, was the same as noted by Larry. > Took less than 90 minutes ... and agrees with my GPS/NTP server with IRIG displays. > > One caveat, while the clock was well packed, I heard a "rattle". > Sometime, during this clock's assembly, the portion of the plastic retention lip for the glass/aluminum frame was broken off at the top (aggressive assembler or flaw in plastic molding?). > Since I purchased the clock directly from LaCrosse, I sent them photos. > They are sending a replacement clock with a return label for this one. > > greg > w9gb > Sent from iPad Air > -- > From: Larry McDavid <lmcdavid@lmceng.com> > Subject: [time-nuts] UltrAtomic® Clock > > When I got home after my Thursday Lunch meeting today, my new La Crosse 404-1235UA-SS UltrAtomic® clock was waiting. I unpacked it and installed two (of 4 possible) C-cells and set it on the floor upstairs near the center of my home, fully under the radiant barrier insulation that has foiled (that's a pun!) all my previous "Atomic" clocks. The hands moved around 4 hours and stopped. I left. > > Returning about an hour later, the clock had set itself correctly! > > I verified the displayed time against my (Tindie) GPS Clock and the seconds and seconds-tick match as closely as I can determine visually. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.