I used to like this model is because it was very quite, at least until it got to be 2-4 years old. It was virtually silent. It never ticked. It just ran. Now, they've made the second hand to twitch and tick with a rather annoying "chunk!" sound, and the light is tinted purple rather than white-yellow, and seems much brighter.I've gone through 3 of these over the last 10+ years, and I was ready for another, but I got a noisemaker and a light show instead.