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In Esslingen, Germany, at the headquarters of Festo, 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").
Collegium Maius Clock, Kraków. Near the portal, on the wall, there is a clock that plays at 9:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and 17:00 the song of Jan from Lublin from the 16th century and the academic song Gaudeamus igitur. Later, the signal comes out of the figures, depicted six figures: pedal of the Jagiellonian University, Queen Jadwiga, King Władysław Jagiełło, Jan from Kęt, Hugo Kołłątaj and Stanisław from Skarbimierz. This clock is the fourth in turn and was launched in 2000.
Town Hall Clock Tower, Poznań. Poznań Goats is one of the tourist attractions of Poznań. The mechanical goats' butting display takes place every day at 12:00 on the tower of the Poznań City Hall.
Russia
Raketa Monumental the world's biggest mechanical clock movement, installed in the great atrium of the Detsky mir shop on Lubyanka Square in Moscow.
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 lighting installation at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw in Llanbedrog North Wales now has the largest clock. The cafe dome designed by Matthew Saunderson features 12 evenly spaced columns & arches. LED lighting either side of the arches flash on the hour to indicate the corresponding time. The cafe floor is approximately 10 metres (33ft) in diameter. The lighting and subsequent programming was completed by Jason Jos Electrical and 3-e Smart Control.
Jessop's Clock, San Diego, California, is a pendulum regulated multi-face town clock commissioned in 1905 by Joseph Jessop, a jewellery store owner in San Diego, California.
The Ohio Clock is an 1815 clock in the United States Capitol
The Clock of the Nations, Rochester, New York was located at the Midtown Plaza in the 1960s. It had dioramas of 12 different nations. Every hour on the hour the dioramas opened up and music was played. The clock was then moved to the Fredrick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport - after a time there it was put in storage. Now it has been renovated and is on display at Tower 280 in downtown Rochester.
The oldest continuously running clock in the United States is located in Winnsboro, South Carolina, and dates all the way back to 1837.