Why don't I heed the reviews that say this clock is cheaply made and not worth the money??  I must have a burning desire to waste $15.00 of my hard-earned money to ship this gem back.  The clock was never completely unwrapped, because I was so appalled by it's shoddy workmanship at first glance, I knew it would never hang in my home.  To gaze at it every day would have been ultimate masochism!!