Bulova B1514 Asheville Mantel Clock, Brown Cherry

We had an antique mantel clock that would do the Westminster chimes on the quarter hours and count the hours. Through the years, it needed visits to the clock repairman who has since retired. Needless to say, the clock couldn’t be repaired anymore as it’s hard to find such talented people. And, sadly the clock did get damaged beyond repair. So, we started looking for a replacement, and found this Bulova. Saw that it had several options for chiming and ran on batteries – no springs to break! Ordered it and it arrived as promised. The set up for the chimes went easily. After settling on the Westminster chimes, we let it run for a while. We had to turn off the quarter hour chimes as it appeared to not be programmed by the factory properly….it should have played just part of the tune at each quarter hour. It operated correctly for the first and second quarter hour. However, at the third quarter hour, the entire tune played instead of just 3 quarters of the tune. Did that for about 3 hours and we ended up turning that off. Too bad. Anyway, after adjusting the volume and setting the chimes for just the hour, we are enjoying it! One feature on the clock that we absolutely love is the Sleep Mode! It chimes for the last time at 10pm and stays quiet until 6am! Great!! And, as long as the batteries are good, it has been keeping excellent time! Still not our old antique, but we are enjoying it very much!