Westclox Valera Twin Bell

I suppose that it's my own fault. I was excited about getting an "old skool" twin bell alarm clock --- that even requires you to WIND IT! I mean, how much more old skool can you get, right?

Well, I love the wind up feature (if you wind it all the way, it'll last about 3 days), and the adorable twin bells...but I got this to use as my alarm clock, and the ticking is so loud that it gets annoying by the third night.

Also, to turn off the alarm (when you are groggy and barely awake), is a pain, and has resulted in several things knocked over on my night-stand table.

However, as I did want a very retro clock - I got it, with all of the problems that "retro" items has. Just keep that in mind before you buy.

When I got the clock I was excited to use it. Knowing it was going to be a nice loud alarm. After winding it (too tight I guess) the thing stopped and hasn't worked right since. There should be an automatic stop before being able to ruin it by winding it. I would definately make a different choice if I would have known this was the case.
When the alarm does go off it is pretty loud.