Beautiful Kassel 15 Day Wood Wall Pendulum Clock with Glass Front

Well...I received the clock in less than 5 days and it came well package and very clean. With very little adjustment the clock is accurate within 30 seconds a week. When fully wound, it loses time slightly because the pendulum gets pushed just slightly harder thus making a slower swing. After A week it begins to gain the time back because the pendulum swing shortens slightly. Well it makes sense. For the price its accuracy really surprised me. The gong chime to me sounds much better the one we got in 1970--and the one we got in 1976. I think that is due to the striker being rubber coated. This clock is to me outstanding in performance, and simple easy on the eye appearance. In its price range.

An undeniable value, this very attractive wooden clock with a rather good sounding chime on the hour and half hour keeps time to with in one minute a week after a period of patient adjustment to the length of the pendulumn. An interesting interval with your new clock, the adjustment period shows the pendulumn does in fact seek the center of the earth. I used a spirit bubble level of the type used with hifi phongraphs of some years ago to level the clock after it was hung on the wall. after haveing been in use for some time it became necessary to clean the clock's escapement as it not of the more expensive jeweled variety. A nuisance to be sure but the important thing to know here is that it IS servicable; Qtips and alchohol would be the only thing needed to accomplish this. Everyone who visits here has something to say about this handsome relic from the recent past. A true 'regulator clock', here's your chance to enjoy something uniquely different in the age of look a like processor controlled time pieces.Its not a lot of money and with care its going to serve longer than your watch battery(s). A scientific curiosity for children to wonder at, its a 16th century mechanical analogy of the micro processors that 'regulate'our modern life!Its been a pleasure to share this experience with you, Oscar

The packing is safe enough to ship from US to Asia by air. The material used is good. The quality is also good. I find that it was made by a very famous clock factory in China that produce tip-top quality clocks. My clock runs very good. It runs silently but strikes brilliantly with very loud chime sound. I am still satisfied with the price I paid even though I paid the freight more than the listed price of the clock. One point I want to share with other interested buyers is that the length of the pendulum shaft is not long enough for user to adjust the overall pendulum length and keep the pendulum swing exactly 1 second in a complete period. Mine runs faster initially, I have to lengthen the pendulum by adjusting the knob until I cannot adjust the length further longer. I take the advice of other Amazon users and add weight to the bottom part of the pendulum. (The reason behind is that we don't need to lengthen the shaft, but to lower the center of gravity of the overall pendulum by adding weight near the bottom part of the pendulum). After doing so, I only need a few trials of fine adjustment to the knob in three days,... and within five days after its arrival. It runs without gaining or losing more than 1 second a day for the last two weeks. I recommend this product to those who are tired of replacing batteries for quartz clocks. (Nowadays, quartz clocks are not running so precisely, I have the experience that many quartz clocks today are also having the problem of gaining or losing time to an unacceptable extent, we can do nothing but to discard them. At least we can adjust mechanical running clocks for their running speed. I remember more than 30 years ago, those common brands quartz clocks and watches were produced under very strict QC and run very accurately. Why don't technologies improve now while accuracy of quartz clocks are deteriorating.)

I only gave this Kassel clock 1 star because, although it is a somewhat attractive wall clock, and once I regulated it it kept very good time, it only ran for about 6 days before stopping and needing to be rewinded. Now, when it is working, it only runs for about 3 days before stopping, and often it stops after a few minutes. I have had the clock for about 6 years and will be ordering a different wall clock soon to replace it. I don't recommend it to anyone. Also, the finish on the wood cabinet is a much more red than I expected, something to consider when deciding whether it will complement your other room furnishings. The photo on the Amazon listing for this clock http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Kassel-Pendulum-Clock-Glass/dp/B001C4S2KI?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&ref_=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0 shows a much more brown than red finish, although I decided to keep the clock. I had a similar wall clock for about 25 years that compared to this one was much more attractive and had a better finish. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't order it, but didn't want the hassle of repacking and returning it. Amazon should verify the finish on the clock and change the illustration that accompanies the listing, as it comes close to being deceptive.

It was pretty and nicely made but the chimes rang anytime they wanted to and all wrong. It also stopped once a day.

This is a great clock. Keeps time pretty well but does need to be adjusted on a regular basis. Also,the chime is quite loud so I dont recommend, hanging it up close to bedrooms unless you opt to not have it chime.