List of clocks


This is a list of clocks that have attained notability because of their historical importance, accuracy, exceptional artistry, architectural value, or size.

Africa

Morocco

Asia

Indonesia

  • Jam Gadang, clock tower in the city of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Israel

Japan

Malaysia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Yemen

Europe

Belarus

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Germany

  • In Esslingen, Germany, at the headquarters of Festo, Professor Hans Scheurenbrand has constructed the Harmonices Mundi, an astronomical clock, a world time clock, and a 74 bell glockenspiel.
  • The Alexanderplatz in Berlin contains the World Time clock.
  • "Die Pyramide" a skyscraper in Berlin, has what is claimed as the largest clock in Europe. It is a digital clock, with 10 metre high digits.
  • The Rathaus-Glockenspiel, an ornate clock located in Munich's Marienplatz, has almost life-sized moving figures that show scenes from a medieval jousting tournament as well as a performance of the Schäfflertanz.

Isle of Man

Italy

Poland

Russia

Slovakia

Switzerland

United Kingdom

  • Big Ben, London, is England's most famous clock, and arguably the World's. 'Big Ben' is the name of the bell, rather than the clock itself, but most people associate the name with the clock, which is officially known as the 'Great Westminster Clock'.
  • The Cotehele clock, the earliest known turret clock in the United Kingdom probably installed between 1493 and 1521.
  • The Eastgate Clock, Chester is one of the most photographed clocks in England outside London.
  • The Royal Liver Building Clock, Liverpool is Britain's largest clock face, and the largest electronically driven clocks in the UK.
  • Salisbury Cathedral clock displays a model of the universe in miniature. The mechanism, dated at 1392 and still working, is in London's Science Museum.
  • The Corpus Clock, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge is a 2008 public clock of novel design.
  • The Liberty Clock of 1925 at the Liberty department store in Great Marlborough Street, London.
  • The lighting installation at Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw in Llanbedrog North Wales now has the largest clock. The cafe dome designed by Matthew Saunderson features 12 evenly spaced columns & arches. LED lighting either side of the arches flash on the hour to indicate the corresponding time. The cafe floor is approximately in diameter. The lighting and subsequent programming was completed by Jason Jos Electrical and 3-e Smart Control.
  • St Stephen's Church, Edinburgh 1828 by James Ritchie & Son, the longest clock pendulum in Europe at with a period of 8.6 seconds.

North America

Canada

Honduras

United States

Williamsburgh Savings Bank clock, Brooklyn. For a time the largest-faced four-faced clock in the US, before being surpassed by one in Milwaukee

Oceania

Australia

Other