This is a list of clocks that have attained a level of notability because of their historical importance, accuracy, exceptional artistry, or architectural value.
The railway station clock of Aarau is 9 meters in diameter. It is the biggest clock face in Europe. It behaves almost completely like a standard Swiss railway station clock. |
Minneapolis City Hall, 7.0 meter clocks on four sides with chimes on the quarter, half, and full hour. 345 feet (105 m) tower. Largest four-faced chiming clock |
Shell Mex House, The Strand, London 7.018 meters on a 12 story Thames side building built in 1930 on the site of the Cecil Hotel. |
Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland, four 6.2 meters clocks were in 2000 on this 237 meters tower built in 1955. The world's second-tallest clock tower. |
Flora clock Tehran, Iran. |
Cevahir Mall clock in Istanbul, a 36 meters clock with 3 meter high digits lain on the transparent roof of the mall, built in 2005. |
Colgate Clock (Indiana), 12 meters clock, built in 1906 in New Jersey for the centennial of the Colgate Company. Moved to Indiana in 1924. |
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, 8 meters clocks on all four side of this 213 meters tower built in 1909. Each hours hand weighs 350 kg and each minutes hand weighs 500 kg. |
Philadelphia City Hall, 7.9 meters clocks on all four sides of the metal portion of this 167 meters tower built in 1901. |
St. Peter, Zürich, a 8.7 meters clock, built in 1534, the biggest church clock face |
Zacatlán Floral Clock |
Royal Liver Building clock, Liverpool, four 7.6 meters clocks on two 90 meters towers, three on the riverside tower and one on the landward tower, built in 1911. |
Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower, Baltimore, Maryland, four 7.3 meters clocks on a 88 meters tower built in 1911. The largest four dial gravity clock in the world. |
Abraj Al Bait Towers clock in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, a 43-meter diameter clock will be built on this 601-meter hotel tower under construction in front of the Ka'ba. |
Minneapolis City Hall with current copper roof |
Philadelphia City Hall, 7.9 meters clocks on all four sides of the metal portion of this 167 meters tower built in 1901. |
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