I bought this clock because of the company's reputation as a a maker of rugged, high-quality wristwatches. This clock is inexpensively priced, and despite its modest size (approx. 10" X 10") it's actually more legible than the larger wall clock I had before. Its numbers are black and bold, easily seen across a room. Though I would have bought it for the aforementioned reasons, I was glad to get a second hand, which my old wall clock didn't have. In addition, it comes with 2 additional bonuses: 1) it does not have an audible tick, which is distracting, and 2) the second hand sweeps, like a mechanical watch, rather than ticking off the seconds, as most quartz wall clocks and wristwatches do.