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Clocks

A clock shop in Chor Bazaar in Mumbai.

The Long History of 'Bombay Time' and Resistance to Colonial Rule

For decades the city of Mumbai operated by two—or more—different clocks.

Bhavya Dore June 30, 2021

Automaton clock of Guadalajara.

Guadalajara, Mexico

Templo Expiatorio Clock

For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.

The Tower Clock Museum is the only one of it's kind.

Gdańsk, Poland

Tower Clock Museum

This museum in the tower of the oldest church in Gdańsk, is home to centuries-old time-keeping devices and the world's first pulsar clock.

The water clock at Terrazza del Pincio.

The Water Clock

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

Lund Observatory Clock

This antique clock once gave the most accurate time in the area.

The automaton is perched above the store.

Salt Street Watchmaker

An automaton perched above an classic clock and watch store

1 O’CLOCK TIME SIGNAL

Sheffield, England

1 O'Clock Time Signal

The once-a-day siren is a reminder of the days before time was standardized.

Xanthi Clock Tower

This tower is all that remains of the mosque that once stood in the center of the city, before it was destroyed by fire in 1941.

Chioggia, Italy

St. Andrew Tower Clock (Orologio della Torre di Sant'Andrea)

One of the oldest still-working clocks in the world sits on an ancient tower.

Church of San Giacomo di Rialto

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

The clock showing the time of the bombing.

Bologna Centrale Station Clock

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

The Frog Clock

Telford, England

The Frog Clock

This whimsical, unique clock has been entertaining shoppers for well over 20 years.

Interior face of the clock.

Somerset, England

Wells Cathedral Clock

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

Holly Mount School Tower

Rawtenstall, England

Holly Mount School Tower

This tower is all that remains of a 19th-century schoolhouse that became a famous music venue before its destruction.

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

In a boatyard near Aberdyfi is a nautically inspired work of art.

Victoria Clock Tower

Pier Ward, Seychelles

Victoria Clock Tower

This vestige of Seychelles’s colonial past now resides in a busy intersection and didn’t chime for its first 96 years.

Torre del Belvedere.

Giardini del Belvedere

Inside this park resides a giant clock tower and ancient sundial that overlook the town below.

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

Jemez Springs Library Human Sundial

This sundial indicates the time based on where you stand within it.