I put a wonderful wall clock in my living room, which is controlled by radio and driven by light. It means that this watch never shows a bad time and never stops due to the outage of juice. It has worked impeccably these last two years. Besides, it's not expensive. However, I found that it's not always true that the more advanced, the better.
I saw a nostalgic pendulum clock today. It reminded me of my maternal grandparent's house, which I frequently visited in my childhood. Both of my maternal grandparents have already passed away but their shadows are still in my mind. This pendulum clock made the shadows of their former selves vivid.
I've not seen this type of clock for a long time and I looked at it for a while and found that it said on the face "QUARTZ". What? The pendulum was a mere ornament and this clock wasn't driven by a spiral spring but controlled by quartz and AA batteries. It was just a fly in the ointment.
All the same, something nostalgic wasn't bad.
(Vocabulary)
pendulum clock 振り子時計
be out of charge（電化製品などが）バッテリーが切れている
be out of juice（電池式の器具などが）〈俗〉 バッテリーが切れている
impeccable 申し分のない, 非の打ちどころのない, 完璧(かんぺき)な= perfect
paternal / maternal 父方／母方の
a shadow of one's former self 昔の面影
clock face / face of a watch / dial / dial plate 時計の文字盤
main spring / power spring / spiral spring ぜんまい
a fly in the ointment 興ざめ
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