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Funk-Wanduhr

English translation: radio wall clock

23:16 Mar 3, 2020
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Retail / clocks
German term or phrase: Funk-Wanduhr
I really don't get what this "Funk-" thing is all about. Wherever I google "Funk-Wanduhr", all I see are very common clocks.
Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Local time: 06:19
English translation:radio wall clock
Explanation:
If you want to have an accurate reading of the time, a radio wall clock is the way to go.
https://www.hertzfurniture.com/wall-clocks--time-keeper-radi...

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Note added at 11 mins (2020-03-03 23:28:30 GMT)
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https://www.wortbedeutung.info/Funkuhr/
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Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 05:19
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3 +5radio wall clock
Michael Martin, MA


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
radio wall clock


Explanation:
If you want to have an accurate reading of the time, a radio wall clock is the way to go.
https://www.hertzfurniture.com/wall-clocks--time-keeper-radi...

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Note added at 11 mins (2020-03-03 23:28:30 GMT)
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https://www.wortbedeutung.info/Funkuhr/

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 05:19
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: "Radio controlled" is a lot more common. They receive a signal from an atomic clock, so they're very accurate. I do feel Fabio could have researched this.
1 hr
  -> Agree on both counts.
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): Easy as tick tock
6 hrs
agree  Vittorio Ferretti
7 hrs
agree  Julia Burgess: Definitely with philgoddard: radio controlled wall clock
9 hrs
agree  Inter-Tra: With Phil, radio-controlled, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zack-Vida-Funk-Wanduhr-Radio-Cont...
17 hrs
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