WT-3161WH La Crosse, Nice clock

Overall Rating33333

Nice clock

We bought this clock for our exercise room as it is large and can be easily seen without glasses. It is a very attractive clock and perfect for our intended use. That being said, there is one problem that I would like to alert future purchasers to, and that is that when the clock goes into the mode of setting itself the first time, that the minute hand seems to go so fast that it chatters and consequently mars the face of the clock with a black line. We sent our first clock back after this occured and solved any future problems with the new clock by laying the clock face down while it sets itself the first time and again at daylight savings time resets. This allows gravity to prevent the minute hand from scraping on the clock face. The directions don’t mention this. This is something that we intend to do every year at daylight savings time changes as the clock can only reset itself (in the fall) by going forward 11 hours. It shouldn’t be as much of a problem in the spring as it only has to go forward one hour. We will still take the precaution, however, to prevent the marring of the clock face.

Update (2/3/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.

The featured review for this product, La Crosse Technology WT-3161WH Metal Atomic Analog Clock Kitchen Jul 8, 2005, was written by silver city girl.

The average rating for this item is 3.7 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (2)

A. Tan

April 24th, 2010 at 10:43 am    


Overall Rating22222

Quality Control is an issue…
.La Crosse Technology WT-3161WH Metal Atomic Analog Clock.
NEGATIVES: I had to return mine for quality problems. The first one was a 16″ which had metal shavings visible on the glass and the aluminum sides were tarnished. POSITIVES: It kept good time though. It’s the cheapest kind of atomic clock you can get.

Mine picked up the signal in less than 15 minutes. The replacement that was sent was also able to keep good time but once again had the black metal shavings inside the clock face (under the glass!) …I finally figured out how to fix that… gently tap the clock on the side to move the shavings to the bottom of the clock face where it will be not visible. The bad thing though was that the replacement clock had a warped clock face over from 9-12 o’clock (beneath the glass cover) which could be noticed even from about 25 feet. So..I ended up sending back both.

All in all I bought 5 clocks…the two 16 inch ones and three 10 inch ones. The 10 inch ones were fine except one of them either had the second hand advanced or delayed by 15 sec depending on the time of day. So that went back too. Total score out of 5 clocks… 3 returned and 2 were kept so I guess 2 out of 5 stars will be fair. Can’t wait for time to spring forward on March 9, 2008 and see the clock do it’s magic.
Did anyone try any other brands? Please comment or give suggestions.

The only best thing was that i bought it from amazon and there were no hassles on return.:)


silver city girl

May 2nd, 2010 at 7:58 pm    


Overall Rating44444

Nice clock
Rated 4 stars.


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