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Anniversary clocks are torsion pendulum clocks that have to be wound only once a year. The pendulum of an anniversary clock rotates horizontally and is twisting back and forth instead of swinging. The mechanism of these clocks is usually exposed under a glass dome which makes them collector's items for enthusiasts. Unfortunately, I could never get this one to run for more than an hour or so! Bronica SQ-B, 80mm, Ilford FP4+, Ilford DD-X.
The old clock ticks on its mantel shelf
In contented praiseof its handsome self ,
And murmurs the fleeting hours away
With a grand disdain for each passing day.
Ticktock, ticktock sounds its message clear
Through the sun and rain of each passing year.
The old clock gleams with the overlay
That a goldsmith wrought on a distant day,
And an ornate circlet sets apart
The rich design of the egg and dart.
And, hidden behind its enameled face,
Each cog and wheel has its ordered place.
When the old clock chimes, then its tinkling bell
Rings out with the hours and a tuneful knell,
And proclaims the news as the case maybe
That it's time for work or time for tea;
And never a minute has been mislaid
Since the vanished time when the clock was made
Brian F. King
This clock, inside in the north transept, has been telling the time in Wells Cathedral (Somerset, England) since around 1390. The second oldest original working clock in the world, and the oldest with its original dials. (That and following information pp notice displayed with the clock.)
It shows hours and minutes, and the number of days since a new moon.
Above the dial, there is a group of figures which spins around on the quarter hour. As it spins, a knight is unhorsed by a lance. He is merely 600 years old. I presume the first one wore out!
(My id Wells clock 1390 pde0159)
"spun" off from my motherboard clock, I decided to turn an old hard drive into a clock too. It originally had two disks, but the clock wouldn't have fit, so I just used one. It's on my wall next to my motherboard clock; the original idea was to "connect" them via an ide cable, but the plug on this is no longer there...
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The Clock Tower (sometimes called the Jubilee Clock Tower) is a free-standing clock tower in the centre of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. Built in 1888 in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, the distinctive structure included innovative structural features and became a landmark in the popular and fashionable seaside resort. The city's residents "retain a nostalgic affection" for it, even though opinion is sharply divided as to the tower's architectural merit. English Heritage has listed the clock tower at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.
Went on a little photo walk today, since the weather was nice. Spotted this cool clock, on the side of a building. Taken in Burbage, In Leicestershire, England.
GAC Citybus KC96 is seen at the Clock Tower on the Quay in Waterford City back in March 1995 on a city service number 5 with a garage sign written plate as a destination scroll !!!
A sundial on a balcony of the Sorrento Coast.
Una meridiana su un balcone della Costiera Sorrentina.
The Clock Tower at the old Port looking nice at night. The giant hospital "CHUM" project is going up behind it.
Clock tower on the top of the Lido, in Peterborough. One of the very fewe remaining buildings of its type in the country.
When Time Stopped Still
It was said that a fragment from an exploding shell stopped this alarm clock the moment it was hit during the 1914 Bombardment of Hartlepool, ironically, the clock was made in Germany
The clock belonged to a resident at 14 Collingwood Road
Horology is the art or science of measuring time. People interested in horology are called horologists. That term is used both by people who deal professionally with timekeeping apparatus (watchmakers, clockmakers), as well as aficionados and scholars of horology. For more info, check the wiki.
I took this for Kaptain Kobold's choice at We're Here, Teach Me Something New. And since gears are just wheels with teeth, it suits the December 6 topic at december 2011 in photos, Wheels! Yay.