I bought this clock for my son's room and always get compliments on it. Very high quality and looks exactly as pictured. Very quiet clock without the ticking noise that some tend to have (if it is really quiet in the room you might hear a very faint humming noise as the second hand moves, but you'd really have to be standing next to the clock to notice). My only issue was trying to fit the AA battery in the back. The battery fits really snug so I had to lay the clock on a soft surface so that it wasn't damaged when I pressed really hard on the battery until it finally snapped into place.