I bought this clock for my son at Easter. He wanted some time have a clock, where one can see all minutes. He is Cars fan and this clock to his mind, I ordered it. I was because of the loud ticking, which criticized some customer reviews, a bit skeptical and thought, if it gets too bad, the clock comes into play room. But Nope! Hard to hear a sound! The clock read works now, almost 2 weeks later even really fine. I would buy this clock definitely be back.