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The Prague astronomical clock, or Prague orloj, is a medieval astronomical clock installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest one still working. The astronomical dial has a background that represents the standing Earth and sky, and surrounding it operates four main moving components: the zodiacal ring, an outer rotating ring, an icon representing the Sun, and an icon representing the Moon.
Baroque ceremonial clock, court watchmaker Johann Martin Arzt, Munich circa 1775, National Museum, Munich, Upper Bavaria
This is a Junghans ATO clock, which dates back to the early 1950's or so. It is an electro-mechanical clock. There is a curved magnetized rod attached to the bottom of the pendulum. A solenoid coil, on the left, is briefly energized when the escapement closes a switch. The energized coil generates a magnetic field, which pulls the pendulum to the left.
The clock has a glass case, which is removed for this photo.
Another view of the iconic clock tower at the West Side Market. What a landmark in the bustling Ohio City neighborhood.
Cleveland, OH USA
Vampire Rupert Reed is harboring a crush on ghost Daphne Joanna Vondergeist. DJ is most commonly found sleeping on top of Rupert's locker (amongst other lockers). Rupert thinks she's incredibly cute when she's napping. He doesn't mean to but he always accidentally scares her when he's trying to get his books out of his locker.
My uncle left me this clock when he passed away. It doesn't work but I still love it.
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Late 13c - 15c Church of St Peter & St Paul, Watlington Norfolk, built of carstone - restored 1900-02.
The Norman church, of which only the base of the tower survives. Its second stage perhaps late 13c, built before major rebuilding took place c1300 when the present belfry was added, the nave rebuilt with aisles and south porch This was followed c1340 by the chancel and new nave windows. North of the chancel stood a sacristy, now lost, though on the outside wall its aumbrey and piscina can still be seen. www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/watlington/images/dscf1045.jpg
In the 15c the tower was given a new west window, a set of pinnacles, a small spire (now gone) and an octagonal brick stair turret to the second stage. At this time the nave roof was lowered with added clerestory and separate aisle roofs.
The tower has 6 bells, two of c1450, the rest of 1910. The tower c1920 clock is in memory of those from the village who perished in WWl.
A complete set of 15c bench ends, font and screen survive.
Heading from Queen Square along Darlington Street in Wolverhampton towards West Park.
Victoria Street goes down past the old clock.
Clock Tower at Victoria Street next to Beatties.
A plaque reads: "The funds for this clock were provided by James Beatties PLC to mark the special relationship between the town, the people and the company dating back to the establishment of Beatties in 1877."
The clock was installed in 1993, but had become unreliable and it's chimes had stopped. The hands were removed in 2012, so that a new mechanism could be installed inside of it.
On the addition to a former theater., which opened as the Ellandtee by the Lubliner & Trinz chain in 1919 at 1554 W. Devon Ave. It had 1,200 seats and was later the Ridge Theatre.
I missed this one in my blog item. brulelaker.blogspot.com/2012/05/movie-theaters-of-lubline...
This is a bit of a saga now-these clocks are now 5 seconds apart so the gap is growing slowly...Northampton...Jan 27 2016.
Elizabeth Tower, originally named the Clock Tower, and popularly known as "Big Ben".
I like historical buildings/architecture, it always amazed me with the details on the facade, the amazing craftsmanship.
It is a must see for me every time I visit City of London.
Mamaw’s Clock
I don’t really know the full history of this clock. (If I remember correctly it is a Waterbury clock we think is from around the 1920’s or teens. The label on the back is pretty degraded. I have a photo of the back of the clock saved somewhere and I need to find it and put somewhere easy to access.)
This was my mother’s mother’s clock. When I was little it hung on the wall of her house in Hiawassee Georgia. She kept it wound and it would always chime the hour and give one ding for the half-hour. It has a Very distinctive, Very loud chime. Not even really a chime... this thing goes DONG CLANG DONG and it’s spectacular.
I do have one great true story about this clock, it isn’t my story and I don’t remember the finer details, but I’ve been meaning to write this down anyway.
Back in the day in very rural USA (and other places?) they had a telephone “party line” where all the telephones in the area shared one line, so you could pick up the phone and talk to multiple people in the area all at once. Also, if someone was already on a call to someone else you could pick up your phone receiver and listen to them. So, when your neighbors had some really juicy drama, affairs, or drunken in-fighting over the telephone... you could just pick up the party line, sit very quietly, and secretly listen to all the good gossip. Until your clock chimes on the hour and the rowdy neighbor fighting with his girlfriend hears it and says something along the lines of: “I know who’s clock that is. I’m not going to say anything, but she better hang up.” My sweet Mamaw got herself busted listening in on the party line because of this clock.
At some point when I was a kid we brought the clock home with us from Georgia to Alaska and it hung in my house growing up. I was always enamored of this clock and loved to keep it wound and have it chime the hour, but it sortof drove the rest of the family crazy so we never kept it going long. After I moved out and got my own place my mom really surprised me and let me take the clock. (Our relationship isn’t that great, drama for a different story, and when I was still on speaking terms with her I lived in fear that she would demand this clock back if I ever acted too happy about having it.)
My husband and I kept this clock wound for quite a few years! She keeps time wonderfully. Her beautiful loud CLANG DONG CLANG discouraged some unwanted overnight houseguests from making repeat visits! My husbands friend tried to couch surf at our house... sure you can sleep on the couch... in the room with the clock!!
Currently we don’t keep her wound, I need to get a new clock key for her, the one we have is splitting and will break if we try to keep using it.
I always though the figurehead on the clock was a representation of Athena, but now I’m not sure?! I think winged helmets are usually Mercury/Hermes, but I don’t know. Any ideas who she could really be? Maybe just decorative?
(The bubble-level is off. How annoying. One more thing from the 2018 earthquake I haven’t fixed yet. Not a priority because she isn’t running.)