I bought this alarm as "egg-clock" for the kitchen, it depends by the magnet on the back of the hood (very park romantic!) One can easily seconds exactly create a countdown, and the alarm clock will ring on time, with no failures. Of course, the sound of the ringing nothing exceptional, but I find it's not that well. One wants to know that you have to pick up the pizza from the oven: D
Another kudos to Amazon: The first version of my timer has after 2 weeks to stop working, the clock has simply become unresponsive. However, it is possible that the clock of my roommate fell down, in spite of everything Amazon has simply replaced the device, in the usual Amazon speed so hung a new clock in my kitchen! Very good!