I never had a clock in which the operation is so simple and less prone to error. The alarm time is set by the left hand on the front wheel and gray display conventionally of the little red pointer. The setting for the time is carried out at the back, an inadvertent change of time is excluded. The alarm function is switched on or off by a switch on the side of the housing. Two different colored LEDs illuminate the clock depending on the status of the alarm: yellow when it is turned off, or in "sharp" clock in green. The lighting is bright when you press the button on top of the housing. Optionally, can be the big dial in the dark even permanently weak but readable and hardly disturbing light. Again, only green when the alarm is activated. So you do not -As otherwise commonest of the position of the switch deduce whether the alarm clock is also ringing. All in all a super alarm clock with a gentle movement, ease of use and absolutely clear status indication. The only disadvantage of the comparatively high price.