For starters, the style is quintessential mid-century modern and beautiful to look at - the clock looks like it belongs on Don and Betty Draper's or Pete and Trudy Campbell's nightstand (as you can see, it looks perfect with my retro styled lamp and night table.) It's also large by today's standards for alarm clocks: 6 1/2" wide by 5 1/2" high. The writer in me noticed some grammatical mistakes and inconsistencies in the vintage copy however, the retro fan in me loves this clock. Now what could be more considerate than that?" But if you ignore the light and do not shut off the light with in a few minutes, Moon Beam adds to the light a cheerful audible alarm. Yes, Moon Beam's first call is silent - A blinking light that will not even disturb the rest of the family. The original ad copy reads as follows: "Are you the early morning hard of hearing type? Or just one more poor sleepy head, resigned to being roused, but wishing it could be done ever so gently? Then harken to the wondrous working of moon beam! for this completely different kind of electric alarm calls you silently. I'm not sure who the original company was, but it says Big Ben on the box and Westclox on the bottom of the actual clock. The moonbeam is a reproduction of a clock that was first manufactured in 1952. (It may be hard to tell from the photos, but it really is a cheerful yellow color.) I ordered one in green for my mother for Mother's Day and a yellow one for myself, and I'm so impressed with this retro clock that I had to let everyone know about it. You see, I never thought it was possible to fall in love with an alarm clock, but that's exactly what happened when the Moonbeam arrived at my house last week from LL Bean. It's time for a different type of post: a product review.
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