The clock is heavy and solid built and very visually appealing. Silent Alarm Clock with pleasant sound. I bought an extra one clock without radio because the radio clocks tend to make the middle of the night self - and not only when we have put the clocks forward or backward. For me it is a shortcoming that this clock has no lighting. But for people who want to sleep and not wake up by the so what time it is, that's probably not a problem. One can feel the quality when you take the clock in hand. He has often been dropped from the nightstand and survived.