Westclox 15550 Loud Bell Clock

I wanted a small clock that would sit, unobtrusively, in a corner of my office. In meetings, it is considered rude to look at the wall clock or to look at your watch, as if the people you're meeting with are keeping you from something you'd rather be doing. I figured if I could position this little clock on a shelf somewhere, and surreptitiously glance at it during meetings, I could see the time without insulting my guests. I specifically wanted a wind-up clock because I don't like having to mess with batteries, or remember to plug things in to recharge, and wall outlets are at a premium in my office, so a plug-in was not in the cards. This clock fit the bill for me in every particular. A full winding of the clock sets it running for about 24=26 hours, so I only have to do it once a day. It ticks lightly, so it's not an obnoxious sound but actually rather soothing. There is an alarm function that I've never used, so I can't tell you how close or accurately you can set the alarm time. I keep the alarm "pointer" on 3:00, and the clock makes a loud click when it hits that mark. I kinda like that because it lets me know when there's about an hour left in my workday. The sweep second hand is a nice bonus feature. I didn't necessarily need one for my purposes, but it doesn't hurt anything and I sometimes use it to time things, like how long it takes one of my colleagues to get to the point. If I'm going to go into full quibble mode, I will say that toward the end of the 24 hour wind-up, the clock tends to gain a couple of minutes. No biggie for me, since I'm going to reset it when I rewind it anyway. There is a speed-adjusting slide on the back of the clock, but as with every clock like this that I've ever owned, messing with that slide only makes things worse. I nudged it ever so slightly in the "slower" direction, and then it noticeably lost much more time in the 24 hour period. I got it set back to where it had started and it's close enough for what I need. I don't consider this to really be a problem worthy of the loss of a star because, since you have to rewind the clock every day anyway, readjusting those couple of minutes is a no-brainer. All in all, I love this little clock, particularly for the price I paid. It does everything I need it to do and is as accurate a wind-up clock as I've ever had.

The clock was broken on arrival. There was something loose inside. When I tried to wind the clock seize up.I want a replace ment sent.

I have the original Westclock Baby Ben, and it is heavy rugged metal. This is 2025, so yes, it is all plastic now but still serves the same purpose. I am tempted to take the works out and put them in my old clock, but this will do. It is wind-up so it will lose or gain a minute or two a day, but that is the way it was. Pleasant tick-tock, and easy to read. Yes, I like it and would purchase again.

Nice bedside clock.Having grown up with a windup mechanical clock, I was pleased to see one similar to the one I had when I was a kid. I was especially pleased to find it was not a 'silent ticking' but you could actually hear the ticking. I have been using one of those sound machines, with a ticking noise playing to help me go to sleep.It is the perfect size for a bedside clock, and easily readable from a distance.As with any mechanical wind up clock, you will have to periodically adjust the time. For me, no big deal, since I grew up doing that on both the bedside clock and my mechanical windup wrist watch.My one issue is with the glow in the dark minute and hour hands. There is hardly any glow in the dark green paint on them.Besides that, the clock functions had I expected, and I am happy with it.

This cheap mechanical clock is not meeting the specifications of a cheap mechanical clock or plus or minus 6 minutes a day. That is gaining or losing 6 minutes a day. The clock at fastest is still losing about 8 minutes a day and this is at it's fastest. Otherwise the clock appears to work. The alarm appears to work.This review is subject to change.Update:The clock is running better but losing 6 minutes a day as it appears now. Just at the maximum error for losing time per day. Still workable.

Nice table clock. Loud alarm.

The clock rattles; something is loose in it; doesn’t keep good time; loses about 15 minutes per 24 hours.

I own an almost 35 year old Baby Ben Westclox wind-up alarm clock. It's been dependable. It still works.But, my eyes don't work the same as they did 35 years ago when I bought the clock. The almost white luminescent numbers on the face of the clock, the almost white luminescent hands ... against the white background, the face is almost invisible to me. It was time to get a new clock.This Westclox wind-up alarm clock has clearly visible black numbers on the white face. The face of the clock is very big. It is easy to see the time on this clock.I am very happy with it. Unlike my old clock which clicks 4 times per second, this new clock has a deeper tick-tock 2 times per second.I hope it lasts as long as my other clock, but I doubt I'll be around in 35 years to verify it.It's important to note that I recently bought another brand clock here. It was total garbage. That alarm didn't work from Day 1. I returned it once for replacement, that didn't work either so I tossed it into the trash. I probably should have returned that one, as well.The bad clock had a push/pull alarm setting. This good one from Westclox has a left/right slide mechanism which I think will work better and last longer. It is the same as on my old clock.UPDATE: A few months later the clock just conked out. It would variably gain or lose time. Some mornings 45 minutes slow, some a few hours fast. Just turned into garbage.