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Beautiful but cheaply made,
October 21, 2011 Mary T. Brinkley "thrifty mom" (Warrensburg, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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Absolutely loved this clock when it first came in, but has extremely cheap mechanism, equivalent to a $10 clock from Walmart. Less than six months and it has quit working and of course closest service center is 60 miles away. Save your money!
As other reviewer stated, cheaply made,
April 7, 2012 Matt Ingenthron (El Segundo, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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First off, the pictures aren't very accurate. It looked like it'd match my colors better, but it didn't. I'll submit some better pics.
You have to remove it from the wall to adjust the time, which you will need to do, because...
When first hung on the wall the hands will bind up as they pass each other. I had to slowly, carefully bend out the minute hand until it'd no longer drag on the hour hand when it passes once an hour. It seems to be okay now, but it's only been a few days.
In terms of the cheaply made, the finish doesn't look nearly as nice in person and in several places it's chipped off the hands. This is from OOTB. Also, mine has a defect in that one rivet was skipped. The V position has only one of it's two rivets and you can see where it'd normally be. I don't think most people would notice, but it tells you something about the quality. The biggest quality issue is the little "Howard Miller" plaque on the top is really a piece of...Read more
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