This travel alarm clock has been chosen by me due to the present customer reviews, poorer legibility of the Type 009 in black or white, I can not confirm (verified on site at Karstadt). About the design you need not talk, the clock itself is reduced to the essentials, and it is practical and sophisticated: radio operation worldwide, can be switched off - 24h indicator - rapid setting for alarm and if necessary for time and alarm on / off - lighting. about 10 sec with sufficient brightness - beep pleasant and loud enough at Auto. activated lighting. During commissioning, after setting the time, the time zone switch switch to DE, the RCC button press (in the battery compartment) and positioned in accordance with the alarm clock, for example, on the windowsill, and within a few sec and max. 2 min, the instrument displays the exact time radio. The unit responsible DCF77 is the way in Mainflingen near Frankfurt and reached Europe from northern Scandinavia to Turkey. Those willing to spend a little more for appropriate design, which I highly recommend this travel alarm clock without limitation.