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Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna purchased the Imperial clock jointly in 1896, very shortly after their marriage. The clock's vibrant blue enamal surface represents the color of true love.
“Meet me at Flinders Street Station under the clocks” is a pretty common phrase for people using the trains for transport and meeting up in the city. There is a constant buzz around the place with people and traffic everywhere.
It is buildings and architecture like this that make Melbourne iconic and what it is. Modern buildings are left for dead by the classics.
Nikon F100, Nikon 70-300mm VR, Kodak TMax 400 film, Kodak D-76 1:1 developer.
"The future has been shrinking by one year per year for my entire life. I think it is time for us to start a long-term project that gets people thinking past the mental barrier of an ever-shortening future. I would like to propose a large (think Stonehenge) mechanical clock, powered by seasonal temperature changes. It ticks once a year, bongs once a century, and the cuckoo comes out every millennium."
-Daniel Hillis
The above photo is stock photography from the following link:
www.longnow.org/?gclid=CNXs1onmnI8CFQdGYAodhCctaA
The image here is used as inspiration for the group Time and the Forever Now, a group exploring the concept of time and its expression through photography.
The astronomical clock in clock court at Hampton Court. I skewed the photo to make it appear to be taken at my level, hence some distortion in the surrounding stone.
Still functioning, the clock shows the time of day, the phases of the moon, the month, the quarter of the year, the date, the sun and star sign, and high water at London Bridge.
Waltham is best known for the American Watch Company (later the Waltham Watch Company). I was fascinated to see that the street clock was made in Cincinnati by the Verdin Company.
In the Inner Court. With Henry VIII's Great Hall on the right. According to the internet...the clock was installed in 1540 on the gatehouse to the inner court at Hampton Court Palace. It was designed by Nicholas Crazter and made by Nicholas Oursian. This pre-Copernican and pre-Galilean astronomical clock is still functioning. By a DA10-17mm
Six-sided star above the entrance to the Customs House. In contrast to the swastika found on the floor within.
Smiths Enfield clock that i restored a 8-Day Mantel Clock with Chimes Westminster.
Enfield clocks
1929 The company was formed to manufacture clocks in the manner of the German factories. C. Schatz, the main force behind the company obtained suitable premises and brought in machinery and a core of workers from Germany
In 1933 Smiths bought Enfield clocks.
In the late 1940s, the Smiths Group decided to close down the Enfield Edmonton factory.
It is at about this time that The Enfield Clock Co ceased to advertise independently and became just another part of the Smiths Group
Delano Clock Tower at right and Delano in the background. The tower is located at the turnabout on Douglas and Sycamore Streets.
My Moor Pool outing of April 2018 included a handy visit to Bearwood for a catch-up on the restoration progress at Lightwoods House. I also had a quick look around the bus station, noting the presence of this elegant blue and gold clock.
The bottom part is an astronomical clock. More information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zytglogge
Corn Street in Bristol contains many little architectural gems high above the street. This decorative clock looks down form the top of a bank.