There are 42 entries of Astounding Timepieces in the Atlas

Prague, Czech Republic

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s
16 Jul 2009
Vienna, Austria

Clock Museum

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999
12 Mar 2010
Jaipur, India

Jantar Mantar

The world's largest sundial
26 Nov 2008
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Queens' College Moondial

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon
26 Feb 2010
Genk, Belgium

Genk Sundial Park

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial
18 Jun 2010
Besançon, France

The Astronomical Clock of Besançon

One of the world's most complex timepieces
10 Nov 2009
London, England

Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years
09 Dec 2009
Yarmouth, Maine

Eartha

The world's largest rotating world
05 Jul 2012
Franeker, Netherlands

Eisinga Planetarium

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery
23 Jan 2009
Atlanta, Georgia

Crypt of Civilization

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta
13 Jul 2010
Galway, Ireland

The Calendar Sundial

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly
03 Nov 2009
Elberton, Georgia

Georgia Guidestones

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason."
26 Jun 2012
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