List of clocks
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This is a list of clocks that have attained a level of notability because of their historical importance, accuracy, exceptional artistry, or architectural value.
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[edit] North America
- Colgate Clock -- New Jersey, United States
- Clock of the Long Now, not yet built but planned for Colorado
- Jessop's Clock -- San Diego, California A pendulum regulated multi-face town clock commissioned in 1905 by Joseph Jessop, a notable jewellery store owner in San Diego, CA.
- Dreger Clock -- Buena Park, California Electrically driven and regulated multi-face town clock. Created in Long Beach, CA, it spent 50 years at Knott's Berry Farm and now is undergoing restoration by the Buena Park Historical Society.
- peace tower -- Ottawa, Canada built
- Town Clock of Dubuque, Iowa, A tower clock in downtown, originally built in 1864
[edit] South America
[edit] Europe
[edit] Czech Republic
[edit] Denmark
[edit] England
- 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.The clock is officially known as the 'Great Westminster Clock'.
- Royal Liver Building Clock, Liverpool. Britain's largest clock face. The largest electronically driven clocks in the U.K.
- 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.
- Chester Arch Clock This clock has been restored over time, but some parts of its 14th century history parts still remain.[citation needed]
[edit] France
- Strasbourg astronomical clock The current clock in the cathedral, completed in 1842, is one of the most complicated mechanical clocks ever made.
[edit] Isle Of Man
- Jubilee clock is a street clock in the Isle of Man capital of Douglas built in 1887 as commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign.
[edit] Switzerland
[edit] Germany
- In Esslingen, Germany, at the headquarters of Festo [1], Professor Hans Scheurenbrand has constructed the Harmonices Mundi, a sophisticated astronomical clock, a world time clock, and a 74 bell glockenspiel.
- The Alexanderplatz in Berlin contains the famous 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, about 10 metrs high digits.
- The Rathaus-Glockenspiel (1908), an ornate clock located in Munich's Marienplatz with almost life-sized moving figures that show scenes from a medieval jousting tournament as well as a performance of the famous "Schäfflertanz" (roughly translated "Barrel-makers' dance".
[edit] Ireland
[edit] Italy
[edit] Asia
Clock Tower of Dubai[dubious ]
[edit] Africa
Juhanasburg Clock[dubious ]
[edit] Other
- Doomsday Clock by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which symbolizes man's current risk of nuclear war.
