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List of clocks

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This is a list of clocks that have attained notability because of their historical importance, accuracy, exceptional artistry, architectural value, or size.

Africa

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Morocco

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Asia

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Indonesia

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  • Jam Gadang, clock tower in the city of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Israel

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Japan

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Malaysia

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Singapore

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Sri Lanka

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Yemen

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Europe

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Belarus

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Czech Republic

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Denmark

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England/Wales

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  • Big Ben, London, is England's most famous clock, and arguably the World's. 'Big Ben' is the name of the bell, rather than the clock itself, but most people associate the name with the clock, which is officially known as the 'Great Westminster Clock'.
  • The Eastgate Clock, Chester is one of the most photographed clocks in England outside London.
  • The Royal Liver Building Clock, Liverpool is Britain's largest clock face, and the largest electronically driven clocks in the UK.
  • Salisbury Cathedral clock displays a model of the universe in miniature. The mechanism, dated at 1392 and still working, is in London's Science Museum.
  • The Corpus Clock, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge is a 2008 public clock of novel design.
  • The Liberty Clock Constructed by Liberty of London along with the Great Marlborough Street store in 1925.
  • The lighting installation at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw in Llanbedrog North Wales now has the largest clock. The cafe dome designed by Matthew Saunderson features 12 evenly spaced columns & arches. LED lighting either side of the arches flash on the hour to indicate the corresponding time. The cafe floor is approximately 10m (33feet) in diameter. The lighting and subsequent programming was completed by Jason Jos Electrical and 3-e Smart Control.

France

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Germany

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  • In Esslingen, Germany, at the headquarters of Festo,[1] Professor Hans Scheurenbrand has constructed the Harmonices Mundi, an astronomical clock, a world time clock, and a 74 bell glockenspiel.
  • The Alexanderplatz in Berlin contains the World Time clock.
  • "Die Pyramide" (German article) a skyscraper in Berlin, has what is claimed as the largest clock in Europe. It is a digital clock, with 10 metre high digits.
  • The Rathaus-Glockenspiel (1908), an ornate clock located in Munich's Marienplatz, has almost life-sized moving figures that show scenes from a medieval jousting tournament as well as a performance of the Schäfflertanz ("Barrel-makers' dance").

Isle of Man

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Italy

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Poland

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Russia

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Switzerland

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North America

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Canada

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Honduras

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United States

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Williamsburgh Savings Bank clock, Brooklyn. For a time the largest-faced four-faced clock in the US, before being surpassed by one in Milwaukee

Oceania

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Australia

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Other

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Festo
  2. ^ "Самые большие в мире механические часы установили в Москве". РИА НОВОСТИ (in Russian). 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Механические Часы в ЦДМ / Raketa mechanical clock in Detskiy Mir | Русские часы: Ракета / Russian Watches: Raketa". www.raketa.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.