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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

Morocco

Asia

Indonesia

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

Israel

Japan

Malaysia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Yemen

Europe

Czech Republic

Denmark

Belarus

England

  • 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.

France

Germany

  • 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

Italy

Poland

Russia

Switzerland

North America

Canada

United States

Oceania

Australia

Other

See also

References

  1. ^ Festo
  2. ^ "Самые большие в мире механические часы установили в Москве". РИА НОВОСТИ (in Russian). 19 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ http://www.raketa.com/mehanicheskie-chasyi-v-tsdm-na-lubyanke-2/