Grozny-City Towers Facade Clocks
The Grozny-City Clocks are located at the Northwest and Southeast side of the Grozny-City Towers and built in September 2011 and opened on 5 October 2011 on the birthday celebration of Chechnya President Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov in Grozny, Chechnya. Grozny-City Towers is a five-star skyscraper hotel and business centre complex located near Grozny Central Mosque.[1]
Technical information
- Weights
The dial of each clock, with pair of hands and clock movement, is about 5.7 tons weight. Each steel construction which carries the clocks is about 15 tons weight.
- Hour Hands: 250 kg / each
- Minute Hands: 400 kg/ each
- Clock Movements: 500 kg/ each
- Dials
The dials of the clocks are made of aluminum, Bri-Curtain type, designed to absorb wind power. There are sets of dial markers, 12 markers per dial, illuminated with light-emitting diodes (LED).
- Hands
Pairs of Hands are made of seawater-resistant aluminum, statically and dynamically balanced. Sizes: 7300/5550 mm. Illumination is by white high-power LEDs with black acrylic glass.
See also
- List of biggest clock faces
- List of tallest buildings in Europe