What time is it now? Some getting used to: a clock with no exact minute display and without a second hand. Getting used to it is fast and the design of a platinum record is pretty, there are proper grooves and the clock hands look like tone arms. As clock I would still prefer the clock (at a Swedish furniture store there is something for less money, but without the chic design of a plate). It was made in China. Operating on one AA battery. Who is extremely sensitive to noise could perceive the very quiet ticking of the clock, I hear it only when it is absolutely quiet and I concentrate on the sound.