There is no template and the big hand of the clock is very long so it is almost impossible to know where to fit the two different elements (the large metal numbers and the actual clock/hands) so that it works. The hands kept catching the numbers, I would reposition it and it would catch somewhere else. Even if I had successfully lined it up I would have the same problem whenever I moved it (when I dusted it and certainly every 6 months when I changed the time). However if there had been a template and a more "fixed" clock element (two wall fixings to keep it straight) I would have loved it. It was a fabulous design. So disappointed that I had to return it.