Pretty flimsy for the price.  Feels and looks like a thin, decorated plastic plate.  The colors are as vibrant as pictured -- my wife loves the design -- but this is a chintzy, overpriced item.  It has the cheapest electronic works, and the exposed hands are nearly as thin as tin foil.  Hands damaged in shipping, which is no surprise considering how fragile they are.  A $70 clock should have hands sturdier than that.  A shame, really.  Pretty design, poorly executed.  As my wife stated:  "Seriously?"