Show us your bedside clocks!!

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This thread inspired me to fire up my old alarm clock and try and repair/bodge the hand adjuster. I left it in the bedroom and later that day was reminded why I actually stopped using it, when my better half handed it to me with the words “Don’t you remember why this was banished?”. The quartz clicking is surprisingly loud for an alarm clock 🤔
 
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I love the idea of the Moonbeam but I now sleep with an eyemask on or I'd be up at 5am in the summer!
Good point...
 
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Slick. Who made it?

I'd like to know too! It's definitely European with FM (UKW) to 104MHz.

Why is the scale "backwards", you ask? Tradition! German radios used to marked in wavelength, not frequency... channel numbers were assigned based on wavelength as well.
 
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This thread inspired me to fire up my old alarm clock and try and repair/bodge the hand adjuster. I left it in the bedroom and later that day was reminded why I actually stopped using it, when my better half handed it to me with the words “Don’t you remember why this was banished?”. The quartz clicking is surprisingly loud for an alarm clock 🤔

Let me send you one of my ancient Westclox Big Bens. She'd love how loud those are. 😁

You know what, though? You actually block it out after a couple nights.
 
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In fact, here's some proof I just devised. I put my watch in very dark closet and set up my trusty Nikon D90 on a sturdy tripod.

Thanks. Again, though, I am distinguishing between the early and late examples. One can tell by looking at the lume on your Bulova that it was a very different combination of substances than the early ones, as there is so little obvious degradation.

Very few people can see that well in the dark. I had a dorm roommate in college who was basically blind with the lights off, the curtains wide open, and city lights blazing inside. For me, it was just bright enough to read a book

Interesting!
 
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This projector clock has been the best. Either of us can just glance up at the ceiling and read the time without turning toward the nightstand. It also resets itself after a power outage.