Bulova C4419 Manorcourt Chiming Clock, Golden Oak Finish, Brown

I purchased this clock for our foyer and we love it! It's simple design and Bulova quality made it an easy choice!Pros: It's large enough to read from a distance, the ability to select the chime tune or hour strike is great, the volume knob allowed us to set the chime volume perfectly for our home AND it can be set so it doesn't ring all night (silent between 11pm - 5:45am) so it doesn't keep us awake! It's oak finish is true to the pictures on the site and it was very well packaged to help ensure we received the clock free from shipping damage.Cons: The only negative thing I can report is the ad on Amazon reads "Batteries - 1 C batteries required". Actually, the clock requires 2 C cell batteries to run the time piece AND 1 AA cell battery for the pendulum.

This clock was a Father's Day gift to my husband from our children and me. We have received the clock pretty fast and very well packed. My husband liked it from the first look. He said that this clock remind him about his Grandfather's clock that he loved in childhood. The box of the clock is made very skillfully, nice wood. We really like two options about this clock: the volume adjustment and the "night time" option when the clock is not playing music (is silent) from 11:00 pm till 5:45 am. In day time the clock plays music every 15 min: in quarter of hour it plays one line from the song, in half-hour it plays 2 lines, in 3/4-of-the-hour it plays 3 lines, and in hour time it plays 4 lines of the song plus counts the hour. We are pleased with the melody and with sound (it does not sound electronic at all). I would recommend this clock to everyone who likes sound clocks. However, with the clock ringing every 15 min, we started realize more acutely how fast times flow.

I absolutely love this clock! I'd been wanting a pendulum clock for years and some are very pricey, but this one is gorgeous and was reasonably priced. Make sure you READ AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS when setting this up. Not that they're hard to understand but you will be very pleased with the setup if you do it correctly. There are different options as far as when it will chime, a choice of chimes, and there is a volume control. As far as the case it's a beautiful medium oak with clean lines. I used a heavy duty anchor in the wall with a screw and it is more than secure. I'm so pleased to have found a beautiful clock that I could afford and looks so expensive! This would also make a wonderful gift for a wedding, anniversary, or house warming.

Clock repair shops refer to this style of wall clock as a 'box clock'. We had a working antique German box clock but discovered true pendulum clocks will have issues hanging on a brick wall, such as above the fireplace. Brick walls buckle and lean it turns out thus stopping the pendulum frequently. The Bulova Manorcourt is a battery operated, faux box clock. The pendulum is for show. The cabinet is handsome enough but does not have a hinged front door like our German clock did. Any maintenance, adjustments with the Manorcourt requires you to remove the clock from the wall, slide the back panel out to change the battery, adjust the hands or select the audio functions. The chimes were so loud, even set on the first tick of the knob, that we elected to completely silence the donging by turning Volume all the way down to zero. The chimes emit on the quarter-hour, strike the hours at the hour, and have a PM option to shut up from 11pm to 5:45am. I must comment the antique clock has more of a charm with its hesitant path through the bells whereas the modern clock is rather soul-less by comparison.I would recommend this clock to a friend, express my regret about the front glass door does not open and the clock face needs direct light to see the time. Our antique clock had a larger face and was more readable in the shadow. Four stars for the loss of my antique clock features.

Love the clock. Easy to setup. Keeps good time. The chimes can be set for 24 hours, off for part of the late night- early morning or off entirely. We leave it on 24 hours since you can adjust the level of chime loudness & we set it so that it loud enough to be heard during the day but not to loud to wake us at night. The wooden case is attractive & the pendulum gives it the appearance of a key wound movement even though it’s battery operated.nice addition to our living room.

The case is very nicely crafted and finished. A fine quality addition to a room. I read the instructions twice and followed them carefully. I have been checking the time against my phone from time to time and it is accurate. The chimes are clean and clear. The volume is easily adjusted or the chimes can be turned off completely. It runs silently. I suggest setting it up carefully on a counter somewhere safe from being knocked over and making adjustments to the time, type of chime, and volume before putting the back on. I left it like that for several hours, with the pendulum swinging gently, while making very small adjustments to the minute hand until it matched my phone exactly. Don't overshoot your mark while setting the minute hand, make very small adjustments, you are instructed to never turn the hands counter clockwise. I would also suggest that the clock be firmly mounted to a wall stud or a very strong sheet rock anchor. The clock is heavy. Be sure it is level and secure!

Looks great. Extremely hard to get it set up - instructions way too complex. Worked fine for a few weeks until it was time to change from Daylight Sav. time to standard time. Followed the difficult instructions perfectly, but after I finally got it to the new correct time, it won't chime at all & a small brass piece fell out of the clock mechanism - no way to see where it came from. Now no chime & the pendulum won't keep swinging. So, nice to look at & clock works, but no chime & no pendulum movement. Of course I had already thrown away the box, so packing it up to return is nearly impossible.

Beautiful clock, wood, chimes. Would totally recommend it