How To Use Bagby Alarm Clock - Instructions

Answer Summary

Your Bagby clock has four hands on the face and five controls on the back. Set the time and alarm with the two knobs, flip the alarm switch to ON before bed, and you are done. It runs on a single AA battery, and nearly every hiccup comes down to the battery - seated fully, and fresh.

Key Takeaways

Four hands on the face, five controls on the back - that is the whole clock.

The Time knob sets the hour and minute hands; the Alarm knob points the extra hand at your wake time.

The alarm only rings when the back switch is ON - and on a 12-hour clock, ON at 8:00 means 8 AM and 8 PM.

Press the Light button to see the face at night; the same button snoozes for about five minutes.

Runs on one AA battery (1.5V), not included - seat it fully and use a fresh one, and almost every issue disappears.

Nice - you have swapped your phone alarm for a real clock. That one change does more than it looks like it will: the phone stays out of the bedroom, and mornings get quieter. Setup takes about two minutes. Here is everything.

What you are looking at

The face has four hands - hour, minute, second, and a fourth alarm hand that marks when you want to wake. The back has five controls plus the battery door. That is the whole thing - nothing hidden in a menu.

Bagby alarm clock front - the four hands on the dialBagby alarm clock back panel - five controls and battery door

Setting the time and the alarm

Two knobs do the work. The Time knob turns the hour and minute hands together - set them to the current time. The Alarm knob moves the alarm hand; point it at your wake time (for 7:30, rest it halfway between 7 and 8). Then flip the alarm switch to ON before you sleep.

Setting the alarm hand on a Bagby analog clock

One thing worth knowing: it is a 12-hour movement, so a switch left ON rings at both 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM. If you only want the morning, flick it ON at night and OFF when you get up.

The night light and snooze

Press the Light button to glance at the time in the dark. If the alarm is going, that same button snoozes it for about five minutes - and it keeps returning every five until you move the switch to OFF. (That is the idea.)

If something seems off

Almost every clock question comes down to the battery. Use one fresh AA (1.5V - not included) and make sure it is seated all the way in on both contacts. A battery that is nearly in will let the clock run but not keep good time. Fresh and fully seated fixes about 95% of what comes up.

Reading an analog face, if it has been a while

If analog feels rusty at first, that is normal - it comes back within a day. The short hand is the hour, the long hand the minutes, the thin sweeping one the seconds.

How to tell time on an analog clock faceAnalog clock dial for reading-time practice

Step-by-step

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    1 - On/Off switch

    Turn it to ON for the alarm to sound. It is a 12-hour clock, so ON at 8:00 rings at 8 AM and 8 PM; for mornings only, switch ON at night and OFF when you wake.

  2. 2

    2 - Light

    Press to light the face in the dark. While the alarm is ringing, this same button snoozes it for about five minutes, repeating until you switch the alarm OFF.

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    3 - Snooze

    There is no separate snooze control - the Light button is the snooze.

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    4 - Alarm knob

    Turns the alarm hand on the face. Point it at your wake time (for 7:30, halfway between 7 and 8).

  5. 5

    5 - Time knob

    Sets the current time, moving the hour and minute hands together. The second hand starts once the battery is in.

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    6 - Battery

    Open the cover on the back and insert one AA (1.5V), matching the + / - marks inside. Not included.

R Blank
Written by R Blank Founder & CEO of Shield Your Body, author of Empowered, and host of The Healthier Tech Podcast

R Blank is the founder of Shield Your Body and the author of Empowered: A Practical Guide to Protecting Yourself from EMF. He spent years thinking about the devices we keep closest, and what they quietly ask of us in return. Then he put his own phone down, and found clarity, stillness, and the sense of being present in his own life again on the other side. In 2024 he brought Bagby into the Shield Your Body family, to help more people find their way back to the same.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Why is my clock not keeping the right time?

Almost always the battery. Use a fresh AA and make sure it is pushed all the way in on both ends - a battery that is only nearly seated lets the clock run but not keep accurate time. That fixes the large majority of issues.

My alarm went off in the evening - why?

The clock uses a 12-hour movement, so if the alarm switch is left ON it rings at both AM and PM. To wake only in the morning, flip the switch ON at bedtime and OFF when you get up.

How do I snooze it?

Press the Light button while the alarm is ringing - it pauses for about five minutes and returns until you move the alarm switch to OFF.

What battery does it take, and is one included?

One AA battery (1.5V), not included. We keep batteries out of the box to cut waste.

Is it really silent?

Yes - the movement is a continuous sweep rather than a ticking step, so there is no second-hand tick. The only sound it makes is the alarm, when you have set one.