La Crosse Technology Wall Clock, Plastic, 14-inch Dia. (WT-3143A) (WT-3143A-INT)

I own a few digital display La Crosse Technology clocks and have always found them to be reliable and easy to set up. When my old outdoor analog clock went bad after many years, I wanted to replace it with an atomic clock to make setting it with Daylight Savings Time easier. I'm retired and don't really have to be anyplace other than the golf course at a specific time, but the geek in me loves these clocks and that they're insanely accurate. I'm also neurotic enough that I get pleasure from seeing all of my clocks agree with each other, down to the second! Our old outdoor clock had been working for almost 15 years, but got infested with sugar ants and died a very sudden death. I looked at this as an opportunity to replace what was essentially a kitchen clock with a self-setting one, and after a lot of research chose this La Crosse. The truth is there aren't a lot of outdoor atomic clocks, and this one technically isn't either. I live in South Florida, however, so the temperature isn't a problem, and the clock lives under an overhang where rain doesn't get to it. Setup was easy. Simply install a battery, put the clock on the wall, and walk away. The next morning it had set itself and was showing Pacific time. At that point the instructions say to set the time zone, which I did, and the clock immediately set itself ahead 3 hours to Eastern Daylight Time. I suspect that you could change the time zone prior to inserting the battery, but the instructions are pretty adamant about letting the clock set itself on Pacific and then changing it. The display is very classic with a serifed font for numbers and all-black hands. One thing I really liked was the second hand is perfectly calibrated to the seconds on the clock face. (Remember, I'm neurotic.) I have the same feeling about watches. I hate it when the second hand falls between the seconds marks as it ticks around the dial. At 14 inches, this is an easy clock to read from a distance, even in direct sunlight. All-in-all, a terrific replacement for my old clock. Now, if only I can keep those !@#$% ants from setting up home inside!

VERY easy to set up. Pop in a AA battery, push the button on the back for your time zone in the US (Or you can set manually, but then why? Unless you are out of the US time zones.) Find a spot on the wall for it, hammer in a nail, leaving it stick out a little to hold the clock, put the clock up (the hardest part, as it's just a hole flush with the back, BUT! If you put it close to a door, you can see the hole and the nail) and WALLA! in a few minutes, the clock sets itself! What could be more easy? My cat even found it amusing to watch the clock hands move until the reached the exact time! ;) Clock is made of finely textured plastic on outside, but looks a lot nicer than in the picture. Great to match black, silver &/or designer computers, Black leather desk chairs, etc. in an office or computer room. Directions say to set it up late at night preferrably, and that if used in interior rooms of office buildings it may not be able to pick up the signal to set, and thus you'd do it manually. Clock is larger than it looks as well, which is easier on the eyes than other clocks. The price is certainly right as well. I bought an old black school-type clock for my kids when they were young, very similar to this one, and since my son took it with him when he moved out I wanted a replacement! (My mom bought the old one when my youngest was a baby, when my older child was learning to tell time. It's been through being dropped when moving, a few earthquakes and just keeps on ticking! I have the feeling this one will do the same as it's well made compared to many of the less expensive clocks out there - espcially the projection type, which I thought might be a great idea until I saw the reviews on how many different projection clocks simply don't work, are cheaply made, and a friend's daughter got one for her birthday, which didn't work either.) Great for kids learning to tell time too, so this could go just about anywhere in a modern decor room. AWESOME! I'm very happy with it so far!

This clock is exactly what I was looking for, and it works perfectly! I bought it for my elderly dad's birthday because he always wants to know what time it is, but hates to wear a wristwatch and hates to wear his glasses, so he had some trouble keeping up with the hours in the day. ;-) All of his clocks are electric, and we have power outages fairly often in our area, so that added to his frustration (and mine, because I'm the one who has to reset them all, sometimes more than once in a single day.) So, that brings me to this big, easy to read, battery run, atomic clock! I looked at many different atomic clocks, and read the customer reviews for most of them, and finally decided on this one. It's beyond everything I hoped it would be! It's very nice looking, it set itself within about 12 hours (probably would have happened sooner but I accidentally set DST to OFF instead of ON. Once I realized this and made the correction, the clock reset itself within a few seconds, and we were off and running.) I placed the clock on a wall where he can easily see it from his dining table, as well as from his favorite recliner. The front of the clock faces slightly NE (mostly East), in the general direction of Ft. Collins. He has a gigantic spruce tree in his yard that blocks the view of the street, and an entire mountain range just a couple miles East of his house, but neither seem to be a problem as far as reception goes. We live in Salt Lake City, so there's only the rest of UT and part of CO between us and the clock in Ft. Collins. It seems to keep perfect time (I don't know about the second hand, that doesn't really matter to us) and his home care nurses have even commented on how much they like it. It's totally silent. Even if I put my ear up against it, I can't hear it ticking. (Yes, I have good hearing.) It's very nice looking, clean and sleek, and should go with just about any style of home furnishings. I highly recommend this clock, and if anything changes, I'll come back and update my review.

Bought this clock 4 years ago after my old clock kept eating batteries like crazy. I have not had to touch this new one since the day I put batteries in and hung it up! Still going on the same batteries and not having to take it down to change for daylight savings time has been a game changer!

I've used this clock for 10 months, it was my first atomic clock. When I first got it and put in the battery it took some time before receiving signal and set the time correctly - Be patient, you may need to take it outside to receive initial signal, but recommend waiting at least few hours first. Clock reset itself few times in few hours before working correctly. I was happy, however I remembered that within 1-2 week the clock will "spaz" and reset once a while, which I didn't mind except it was few min off - It was really annoying. First few times I think I manually reset, which would correct the time. After a week or two I didn't pay much attention, and it has been keeping accurate time without any intervention. Clock itself is made of plastic but feels sturdy & durable. Faces & numbers are large enough to see clearly, it hangs on the wall above TV in my livingroom. If I recall it does have extra battery compartment, uses 1AA (+1AA for extra if you wish). I've noticed that quartz based clocks have ticks and even some fancy/advanced clocks are not right on the each second spot/position as they tick away, which leads me be believe it's nature of clock design & function. Compared to cheap wall clock I got from walmart/target, it's silent and don't hear any ticking, you might hear ticking sound in quiet room at night - honestly I don't hear any clock ticking when it's silent. Overall I'm happy with my purchase and considering buying more for my rooms. Downside is that it may not work perfectly right away, and may need to reset few times and/or just need to wait a while before it "settles" in.

Works well. It’s plastic yes but it looks elegant. The atomic clock function works well although you may want to have the clock in a room with a window so that it can receive the signal well. Because it keeps time using an atomic clock radio signal I expect it to be very accurate so long as it keeps being able to receive it. I’m not sure about durability since it’s almost 100% plastic, but as long as the mechanism stays in good working order it should last for many years.

Works good no problem

UPDATE UPDATE: After writing this review, I did contact La Crosse and told them about my useless clock. After admonishing me to change the batteries, move it around, etc., they finally admitted it was defective and sent me a brand new one. Guess what? The new one does the exact same thing. At the recent time shift, it did not shift. I took it down from its east-facing wall location, changed the battery, set it by a window, waited, waited, waited for days. Nothing. It won't change. I suspect that if I drove it to Fort Collins Colorado, from whence the signal originates, and shishkabobed it directly on the mast of the broadcast antenna, it would still not change. Bottom line: It's garbage. I have three or four other atomic clocks in my house and they all adjust fine. Not this one. Good luck. UPDATE: Once again a time change has come and gone with no corresponding change in time on this clock. It has never adjusted while inside my house. My four other atomic clocks -- all located in places that should be more challenging to receive a signal -- update immediately, or by the morning after a battery change or DST adjustment. This one never has. It's out of warranty, so it'll do little good to contact the maker. Total waste of money. It blows my mind that anyone would release a product that basically necessitates timely adjustments -- YOU USE IT TO TELL TIME -- with no workable means of manual adjustment, and the admonition in the manual to wait FOR UP TO FIVE DAYS to let it get around to adjusting on its own. Unfathomably stupid engineering. At least give us a reasonable override! Original review: If you buy this clock, follow the instructions, and the clock receives the signal to set itself, you'll love it. If you don't get the signal, you'll hate it. I have three LaCrosse clocks. Two of them correctly reset themselves for the DST change last week. The third, this one, which I view most often, did not. I got out a stepladder and took it down (the very process I had hoped to avoid by buying the clock in the first place), put in a new battery, set it by the window, spun around three times on my left leg, chanted, etc., and no luck. The biggest flaw with these clocks is that there is NO SIMPLE WAY to adjust the time manually. So if the signal isn't coming in from Colorado for whatever reason, your clock is essentially bricked for days on end. The company says to not even speak to them for support until you've waited five days for the signal to arrive. Who wants to have a clock showing the wrong time for five days? It's stupid not to have a manual override that allows you to simply reset the clock by hand. (There is a process involving a microscopic button; ridiculously complicated.) So, four days after the time change, the clock has not reset and is next to impossible to set by hand. Nice coaster, I guess.