This is a great clock, the description isn't quite right. It isn't wood or tin. It looks like wood, it is very heavy plastic . It has glass over the face. It does make a ticking sound but it isn't too loud. Mine is hung in my kitchen where you can touch it. It has texture like the paint is chipping from wood. I  really like how it looks. The best place would probably be over a mantel so the clock appears to be wood, farther away than next to you. The photo is sideways, don't know why it goes it that way.