The timer looks like the image and is easy to use. A nice alternative to the digital timers on stovetops and microwaves, both re: sound and ease. I have it on my stainless steel/metal refrigerator door and it stays-put nicely (no sliding, etc. ). I’ve tested its accuracy against digital timers and it’s been spot-on. Would recommend.It's beautiful...but it doesn't ring when the time runs out and by the time I realized that I already threw out the original packaging so I can't even return` it. Ugh.The previous one I bought did not have a magnetic back which I really prefer. I carry it around while I am waiting for timer to ring and magnet is a nuisance. But I love the size and convenience.Piece of Cr*p.The thing about functional objects is exactly that…. They should be functional.This is not functional.I used this once and it rang and the next time I went to queue it up ( 1 hr later) it wouldn’t ring.It’s got a good weight to it. Attractive design. But none of that means squat when the timer doesn’t actually alert you to it being done.To be clear, I didn’t drop it, misuse or mishandle it. I was using it at my desk to do Pomodoro time management. How can this thing possibly be used in a kitchen (much harsher environment) when I won’t function at a desk?!Ridiculous.Edit: I disassembled it and it’s made of soft (aluminum?) metal and plastic. The single thing driving the entire mechanism is a 1/4” wide 1/8th a millimeter thick piece of sheet metal. No wonder it won’t ring. The PoC “spring” has no “memory” and thus will not recoil or spring back providing the force needed to drive the entire unit. Also all the gears are plastic, any amount of force on them disintegrates the teeth of the gears and renders them useless. Absolute garbage. Spend your money elsewhere.Great little timer, unless you use it frequently. I’ve been using it twice a day since the middle of March. It’s now mid-May. The timer no longer rings to say when time is up. So I’m a bit more than disappointed. You’re better off finding a different timer that will last longer.the first one I got had no alarm and I requested to return it which I have not done before. it was so simple; they just sent a replacement which works well. it was important to me to have a loud alarm of some duration and a strong magnet to stick to the fridge. I may get another for a back up.Almost perfect. The bell did not sound the first two out of three times using this. Wondered at first of it had one.Old fashioned looking but attractive and just what I wanted. However, like some of the other reviewers, I wish the alarm was louder. I bought two of them and one alarm is louder than the other. Oh well, at least I know what I have to do when one of the alarms goes off because they ARE different.Aunque había leído las opiniones antes de comprar, lo compré, ya que tiene una buena vista, pero de verdad, solamente marchaba bien, pero no sonaba. Lo probé diez veces y decidí regresarlo.It DOES NOT RING when timer stops! This was right out of the packaging. We turned the dial to 50 minutes then down to 10 - did not work. Tried several other timings. It ticks ... then stops without ringing. Pretty useless as a timer.I misunderstood how to use it at first, but when I realized what to do it worked great.You need to wind wll the way back to at least 50, then forwards again to the time you want.Wife loves it