The clock is easy and visually an eye-catcher. When ordering, I had read that it was not dealing here with a night-glowing clock but by bright .... Still, I kept it because it's really just for a radio and secondly Battery operated (1 AA) is , The clock was / is for my son's room. We had only a cable-bound, which has really shone in the night. However, a little too intense .... One star deduction, I wonder why the minute strokes was begun on the housing and then omitted at once ???