Equity by La Crosse 13012 Twinbell Alarm Clock

This item was surprisingly hard for me to find online than I thought. It has all the features I wanted: windup (NO BATTERIES), no lights, audio-able ticking (the main feature I wanted), and glow in the dark arms and hour dots. The product shots did not depict glowing in the dark features, but I am glad it did. It is the same clock that I once had many years ago (back when I did not know how to take of things). Delivery was quick (very much appreciated) and I recommend this item. Final note, if you notice that your clock is either too fast or too slow, there is a regulator in the back-bottom-center to address this issue. Mine had been slightly slow, so I put it in the positive direction. It has been accurate ever since.

I bought two. And am reasonably happy.1. The clocks (the parts visible) are, basically a reasonably well done copy of a variety of near identical prior models made in the US and Europe in the 1930s-about 1990 (at least one, by Sternreiter, is still made in Europe). I would consider this on the lower end compared to general old US/European made wind up clocks. But not bad at all.2. Like some old US/European models lower end models, the back is crimped in and does not appear easily accessible (with a price under $12, hard core internal maintenance or repair is not anticipated by the manufacturer).3. The metal used (probably plated with brass of some type) is a bit thinner than most old US/European models. But not a problem.4. One thing not really authentic except for some US/European models from the 70's/80's, the internal (in the back, recessed) fast/slow adjustment is white plastic rather than metal. But not a problem. And it is adjustable.5. Wind up lasts more than 44!!! hours (when new at least). Of course you could re-wind the clocks before they give out without needing to otherwise re-set the clock as the wind up knob is separate from the time set knob (as is standard for the old US/European made models of this type).6. I have tried to adjust the clocks over a several days (a little push of the adjustment lever with a knife/screwdriver head, fork, etc. will make the clock go faster/slower in the same way they did for the models this clock copies). After some work, both are about fairly good - one is less than 2 minutes off over 24 hours, the other a bit over 3 minutes off. Gets a bit more erratic when you let them run on a wind for close to 2 days. So just a bit worse than average old time US/European ones (after much adjustment).But not, say, like an old time German Wehrle (clearly much higher quality) - where I am sure things were to higher tolerances and I am fairly sure the factory tried to "dial things down" before shipping - take one of those suckers out of the box made 30-40 years ago and the time may be a few minutes off on the first wind (things might need a bit self loosening up over decades of non-use), but after that you will likely be within a couple minutes, if not less, of perfect (about the best these sort of things can do).Not really needed to be said: The clocks have the same simple manual wind up and time setting controls of the old models they copy. Similarly, the alarm must be set no more than 12 hours before (no AM/PM), but this is 100% normal for wind up clocks. Also, as is fairly normal for many models of this type for the early to late 20th century, you wind up the alarm ring knob in back if you want an alarm, and when the line goes to where you set it, the alarm goes off by hitting the bells, loudly for 15 or so seconds (until it runs out of juice or you stop it by turning the lever on the very top to prevent the ringer from hitting the bells, or you set the lever on top to prevent the bell ringer from hitting the bells beforehand).*Alarm is loud (good).**Ticking is also a bit loud, but this was not uncommon with many old US/European clocks of this type. You will hear the ticking say 15 feet away in a reasonably quiet room, but you will zone it out after a few hours as background noise.

There is absolutely nothing I hate about this clock. It's just perfect; well, at least in my eyes. That bell sound it produces, it's really not that loud but it will wake people up; unless a person is hard of def. But it is nice. It's a nice alarm and clock to have.

This is a cute little clock. It ticked a little too loud for me. Unfortunately it stopped working after a few hours. I will be returning.

I bought this clock for emergencies when the electric might go out. It is a simple wind up clock. When wound completely, which is what I learned, I needed to do, it does not even hold the wind for 12 hours. O’clock is basically useless to me, since I can’t constantly babysit a clock to find out what time it is. They’ve been making these clocks for over 100 years without difficulty, but now, like everything else, junk!

Want your kid to get out of bed without having to wake them up 3..4...700 times? Wind up this baby and put it on his night stand when he is sleeping. and at 7AM. RIIIIINNNNNGGGG!! Not only will your traumatize the little guy, you will also rest assured he will get up on time every time. You might need to buy the recommended plastic sheet covers for the first use.. and deodorizer and extra underwear for him...

This ticks very loudly.you also have to wind it frequently. I ended up returning this item.

Had one years ago. This is exactly the same. I have it back,a well loved memory.