Seiko QHL062Y Countdown Style Sports Timing Clock-Yellow

Good little alarm clock! You can remove the legs and just have it as a very boxy alarm clock too. The beep is loud and annoying in a get-you-out-of-bed way, especially if it's across the room. It beeps once a second, four times, before launching into the full alarm, which gives you a chance to freak out, leap out of bed and stop it in time. The design is a lot of fun, down to using a '.' separator instead of a ':' before the seconds. My only small issue is that the backlight doesn't stay on for very long, and it's totally impossible to see the time in the dark without pressing the button.

Amazing looking clock . A little dim but arent we all

The electronics have failed completely - after a quiet life. Its setting system was unusually difficult (I have had several Seiko clocks over the years - they were fine). But even in the short time it was working, In practice it wasn’t easy to read the time. When I had to re-set it back an hour, the system went wild. Luckily my other clocks behaved as they always do. So was this Seiko part of just a terrible production batch? But I will certainly not replace it with another, elegant tho’ it is. It’s a DON’T BUY, alas.

The only way to clearly see the time in daylight is to press the button on top that brightens the display considerably for a short period. I can see how this would work well as a bedside clock, but as a desk clock it's not very readable at all. If there was an option to have the display in bright mode all the time, it would be much, much better, and I'd happily sacrifice some battery life for a more usable clock. As it stands, it's just not that usable, which is a shame as it looks cool.

Looks great, easy to use and set up. Only slight problem, in sunlight / bright light it is not easy to see the digits / time.

We had trouble with setting up the clock so we rang the Rubicon watch company and spoke with Steve.He gave us step by step instructions over the phone, the clock only gives you seconds between each step of set up of date, time etc. He was very helpful on the phone and the clock is working perfectly as described.Many thanks Steve

I love the design and look of this product, unfortunately the display is too dim to make it usable. I returned this item and bought the larger Seiko countdown clock which is just right for me

Very hard to see but looking good