List of famous clocks

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Big Ben in London England's most famous clock, 'Big Ben' is actually the name of the bell, rather than the clock, but most people associate the name with the clock.
Eastgate Clock, Chester One of the most photographed clocks in England outside London.
Salisbury cathedral clock, Salisbury This dial-less clock, still working, is probably the oldest surviving clock mechanism in the world.
Shepherd gate clock, Greenwich, London This clock heralded the start of standardized time, in the form of Greenwich Mean Time.
Wells Cathedral clock The dial of this clock displays a model of the universe in miniature. The mechanism, dated at 1392 and still working, is in London's Science Museum.

Strasbourg astronomical clock The current clock in the cathedral, completed in 1842, is one of the most complicated mechanical clocks ever made.

In Esslingen, Germany, at the headquarters of Festo, Professor Hans Scheurenbrand has constructed the Harmonices Mundi, a sophisticated astronomical clock, a world time clock, and a 74 bell glockenspiel.