Longest Clock

The World's Biggest Clock The contenders for the world's biggest clock are incredible feats of engineering and technology. So just how big is the largest clock face in the world? And would you believe that the hour hand on the biggest clock ever made is twice as long as a London bus?

London, United Kingdom This first prototype, designed by Danny Hillis, was built by the Long Now Foundation to explore the mechanism for a clock intended to keep time for 10,000 years. The final version would be an enormously enlarged version of the clock shown here - a vast mechanism of architectural scale, big enough for visitors to walk through.

The Largest Timepiece in the World Although the clock in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is enormous, there are or at least have been even larger timepieces on the planet. According to Guinness World Records, the largest timepiece ever constructed had clock arms that were 1636.8 metres long. Yes that's right, more than a mile long. It took Jim Bowers 13 months to create a timepiece that used lasers

Danny Hillis, originator of the 10,000-year clock, and cofounder of The Long Now Foundation, answers some frequently asked questions about this ten millennial clock.

The second-largest clock in the world is on the large glass roof of the Istanbul Cevahir Mall in ili district, Istanbul, Turkey. The clock has a diameter of 32 meters 105 feet and it was designed to beat the record set by the Floral clock in Tehran, Iran. Constructed in 2005, the digits of the clock are about 3 meters high 10 feet.

List of largest clock faces A list of permanent working clocks with the largest faces in the world. Entries include all clocks with faces at least 4 m 13 ft in diameter. Clocks can be located on the exterior or interior of buildings, and towers as well as on the ground as is the case with floral clock faces.

Clock of the Long Now Coordinates 31.44841N 104.90384W The first prototype, on display at the Science Museum in London, 2005 The Clock of the Long Now, also called the 10,000-year clock, is a mechanical clock under construction that is designed to keep time for 10,000 years. It is being built by the Long Now Foundation.

The clock was considered the biggest single-faced clock in the world when it was built back in 1933. The timepiece features a colossal 18-meter dial, accompanied by an hour hand spanning 7.6 meters and a minute hand extending to 10.6 meters.

The largest pendulum-regulated clock measures 31.23 metres, achieved by Gdask Science Museum, a department of the Museum of Gdask Poland, as verified in Gdask, Poland, on 18 August 2023. The pendulum-regulated clock was constructed by Grzegorz Szychliski in 2016, and is located in the tower of St. Catherine Church. The record attempt was also the occasion to give a name to the clock

The history of clocks dates back millions of years ago. In fact, keeping a track of time was one of the very first things that humans learned and since then, it has come a long way. The word clock has originated from the French word cloche which means bell. This word entered english language in the 14th century and this was mainly the time when clocks started coming into the limelight. Before