transparent plastic material lens 26 may be in the form of the continuous curvature shown in fig3 and 4 or any other suitable shape including ornamental shapes clock 20 has a dial or face 27 which is provided with a plurality of time indicating numerals such as the numeral u201c 10 u201d at 28 disposed thereon the u201c night vision u201d mark and logo shown on the dial 27 are trademarks of equity industries corp with reference to fig3 and 4 rear housing portion 25 has a raised boss 30 suitable for hanging clock 20 on a wall as with a fastener such as a nail or screw disposed partially inside rear housing portion 25 is a battery compartment 31 for housing one or more batteries 32 batteries 32 are a self contained power source for clock 20 including for the various illumination features described below for example batteries 32 may be batteries of the alkaline type such as the commonly available c size there are of course other alternatives to alkaline batteries rechargeable batteries could be used in place of the alkaline batteries the front of clock 20 could also incorporate one or more solar cells to provide operating current for the clock during the daylight hours with the batteries 23 acting as back up power during the evening hours such solar cells could also use any excess power capacity to recharge the rechargeable batteries during the day an elongated battery compartment cover 33 retains the batteries 32 within the compartment 31.