Chaney Instruments Verve II Electric Alarm Clock

I wanted a clock to keep track of power losses in our mountainous area. Simple, right? It ticks ! An electric clock with hands and it ticks like a wind up clock from back in the day.

If you're looking for an electric analog alarm clock you already know that there are very few in the market to choose from. You must avoid any that have a battery because, while you think the battery is for back-up, it isn't; the battery runs the clock, the plug-in runs the light (unless they otherwise note and I haven't found that).
So, I bought four different clocks through Amazon.
The Advance Electric, the Equity and the Westclox all light the dial by a small bulb near one of the numbers on the dial, either the 4 or the 9. Of these, the Westclox is the least obtrusive. The problem for me was the relative brightness of the bulb. It's not glaring on any of them, but it is bright in a dark room.
Only the Chaney back-lighted the entire dial and the diffusion of light that way was more subtle and restful. The Chaney has a smaller area devoted to the clock face numbers. Depends on how myopic you are as to whether that's a problem. The trade off is a...Read more

The first Chaney Instruments Verve II Electric Alarm Clock I received from Amazon wouldn't keep time, so I returned it. Amazon was wonderful and sent me a new alarm clock, but this one has bugs as well. It beeps every 10 minutes for no reason. I'm just going to try to find another no frills alarm clock...hopefully I'll find one that works!