List of biggest clock faces

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Clock on St. Peter Church, Zürich
Clock on St. Peter Church, Zürich

The biggest clock face is a disputed title mainly due to lack of impartial and accurate measurements being widely available, and accepted rules for what qulaifies as a "clock face". There are three main contenders:

  • The Cevahir Mall clock in Istanbul, which claims to have 3 meter high digits (which based on pictures may make the face as large as 36 meters in diameter).
  • The Colgate Clock which is located on the Jersey City waterfront, and faces Manhattan, which claims a diameter of 50 feet (15.24 meters).[1]
  • The Flower Clock, Abbasabad district of Tehran, which claims to measure 49.21 feet (15 meters) in diameter. It weighs in at 750 kg, and was installed on 7 June 2005.[2]

[edit] Other big clock faces

  • Colgate Clock (Indiana), 1906 in New Jersey, moved to Indiana and first illumined November 17, 1924.
  • St. Peter, Zürich 28.5 feet / 8.7 metres in diameter, 1534 (biggest clock face in Europe).
  • Allen-Bradley Clock Tower — biggest four-faced clock
  • Big Ben 7 meters (21-23 feet[3]) in diameter, 1854. — biggest four-faced chiming clock

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/C_Pages/Colgate_Clock.htm
  2. ^ http://www.payvand.com/news/05/jun/1045.html
  3. ^ depending on sources
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