List of largest clock faces

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Template:Short description A list of permanent working clocks with the largest faces in the world. Entries include all clocks with faces at least Script error: No such module "convert". 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.

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Rank Location Image Diameter No. of
faces 		Chiming Year Structure Country City Remarks Ref
1 Abraj Al Bait Towers File:Abraj Al BAit Towers Clock And Spire.JPG Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 2012 Building Saudi Arabia Mecca Tallest building with clock faces. Building Script error: No such module "convert". which also makes the clock faces the highest above the ground level
2 Istanbul Cevahir File:Cevahir giant Mall Clock , Часовник како покрив на шопинг центар.JPG Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 2005 Shopping centre Turkey Istanbul 3-metre-high digits laid on the transparent roof of the centre
3 Bhestan Photo Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No ? Floral clock India Surat Largest floral clock in the world [1]
4 Aekyung Tower Photo Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 2018 Building South Korea Seoul [2]
5 Park Heroyiv File:Кривой-Рог-украина-часы-цветочные-часы-95804.jpeg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 2011 Floral clock Ukraine Kryvyi Rih Constructed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. Minute hand is Script error: No such module "convert". [3]
6 Central do Brasil File:CentralBrasil.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1943 Railway station Brazil Rio de Janeiro Clock tower is Script error: No such module "convert". tall [4]
7 Duquesne Brewery File:Pittsburgh South Side 2019-08-05 Duquesne Brewery Clock.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1933 Building USA Pittsburgh Largest clock face in USA. Octagonal clock. Has Script error: No such module "convert". and Script error: No such module "convert". aluminium hands
8 Gohar Park
Iran's biggest clock
 17 m (56 ft) 1 No 2021 Mountain Iran Sirjan Iran's biggest clock , Located in Gohar Park of Sirjan [5]
9 Colgate Clock (New Jersey) File:Colgate Clock Jersey City (1 of 2) (3157735699).jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1924 Freestanding USA Jersey City Octagonal clock. Originally located on roof of Colgate headquarters building
10 Tehran's Floral Clock
File:ساعت گل تهران.jpg
ساعت گل تهران
 Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 2005 Floral clock Iran Tehran It was the biggest clock in Middle East before the tower clock of Mecca [6]
11 NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building File:NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building 2009 cropped.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 2000(building)
2002(clocks added)		 Building Japan Tokyo Tower is Script error: No such module "convert". [7]
12 Grozny City Towers File:Construction of clock.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 2 No 2011 Building Russia Grozny Minute hand is Script error: No such module "convert". and hour hand is Script error: No such module "convert".
13 Kronos Office Building
File:Kronos Clock Tower.jpg
 12.90 m (42.3 ft) 1 No 2021 Office Building Thailand Bangkok Largest clock in Thailand. Located at the top of Kronos Office Building, a 29-storey luxury office building in Bangkok City.
14 Rockwell Automation HQ File:Allen-Bradley Clock Tower.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1962 Clock tower USA Milwaukee Clock tower is Script error: No such module "convert". and is known as the Allen-Bradley clock tower. Each hour hand is Script error: No such module "convert". long. Each minute hand is Script error: No such module "convert". long. [8]
15 Niagara Falls Floral Clock Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1950 Floral Clock Canada Niagara Falls [9]
16 Colgate Clock (Indiana) File:The Colgate Clock, Colgage-Palmolive factory, Clarksville, Indiana LCCN2010630101.tif Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1906 Freestanding USA Clarksville Octagonal clock face. Built for the centennial of the Colgate Company in its original location of Jersey City. Moved to Indiana in 1924 when a larger replacement was made.
17 Alexandra Clock Photo Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1968 Freestanding New Zealand Alexandra Located on a hill overlooking the town. [10][11]
18 Kentucky State Capitol File:Floral Clock Frankfort KY.png Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1961 Floral clock USA Frankfort Located in the grounds of the capitol building. Minute hand Script error: No such module "convert". and hour hand Script error: No such module "convert".
19 Gare de Cergy - Saint-Christophe File:Gare de Cergy-Saint-Christophe 01.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1988 Railway station France Cergy [12]
20 Resovia Office Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 2020 Office building Poland Rzeszów Fifth largest clock face in Europe [13]
21 Aarau railway station File:Aarau station clock closeup.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1988
Script error: No such module "Unsubst".		 Railway station Switzerland Aarau Sixth largest clock face in Europe [14]
22 Main building of Moscow State University File:Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) (5526916718).jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1953 Building Russia Moscow University has one central tower (no clock face) and four ancillary towers upon which one clock face and a barometer and thermometer are located. Minute hand is Script error: No such module "convert". [15]
23 Stephen's Green Shopping Centre File:St. Stephens Green Shopping Centre (Interior).jpg Script error: No such module "convert".
Script error: No such module "Unsubst".		 1 No 1988 Shopping centre Republic of Ireland Dublin
24 St Peter's Church File:Switzerland-Zurich-StPeter-Clock.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1534 Church Switzerland Zürich Largest church clock face. The minute hand is Script error: No such module "convert". and the hour hand is Script error: No such module "convert".
25 Oslo City Hall File:00 7681 Oslo City Hall.jpg Script error: No such module "convert".
Script error: No such module "Unsubst".		 1 Yes 1950 Building Norway Oslo Tower with clock on it is known as Oslo Rådhus 2 and is Script error: No such module "convert".. Building hosts the Nobel Peace Prize each year [16]
26 Christchurch Floral Clock File:Floral Clock, Christchurch 01.JPG Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1953 Floral clock New Zealand Christchurch Over 7000 plants are required each spring and autumn for the design [17]
27 Torrazzo of Cremona File:Cremona, torrazzo 04.JPG Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1588 Tower Building Italy Cremona Largest clock face in Italy and one of the largest astronomical clock faces in the world.
28 St. Michael's Church, Hamburg File:Turm der St. Michaeliskirche Hamburg.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1911 Church Germany Hamburg The minute hand is Script error: No such module "convert". and the hour hand is Script error: No such module "convert". 3.65 m. The Clock tower is Script error: No such module "convert". [18][19]
29 Met Life Tower File:Met Life Tower from below.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1912 Building USA New York Minute hands are Script error: No such module "convert". and the hour hands are Script error: No such module "convert".. Tower Script error: No such module "convert". tall [20]
30 Philadelphia City Hall File:Philadelphia City Hall 1.2.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1901 Clock tower USA Philadelphia Building with clock tower is Script error: No such module "convert".
31 Shell Mex House File:Shell Headquarters 1 db.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 2 No 1930 Building United Kingdom London Largest clock faces in UK
32 Waverly at South Beach File:The Waverly South Beach.jpg 7.62 m (25 ft) 1 No 2000 Building USA Miami Clock Movement weighs 771 kg (1700 lbs) [21]
33 Royal Liver Building File:Royal Liver Building, Liverpool.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Electronic[22] 1911 Clock tower United Kingdom Liverpool Clocks on two towers with building including clock towers Script error: No such module "convert".. Building part of the World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City [23]
34 Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord File:Prag Joze Plecnik Kirche.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1932 Church Czech Republic Prague
35 Detsky Mir File:Clock Children's world Часы Детский мир.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 2014 Shopping centre Russia Moscow Clock is inside toy shop. Pendulum is Script error: No such module "convert". [24][25]
36 Emerson Tower File:Bromo-Seltzer Tower MD2.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1911 Building USA Baltimore The largest four-dial gravity clock in the world. Tower is Script error: No such module "convert". [26]
37 Minneapolis City Hall File:Minneapolis City Hall and US District Courthouse Minnesota.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1906 Clock tower USA Minneapolis Largest four-face chiming clock in the world. Clock tower is Script error: No such module "convert".. Minute hands are Script error: No such module "convert". [27]
38 Elizabeth Tower File:Elizabeth Tower - London, England 2023-10-27 (02).jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1859 Clock Tower United Kingdom London Clock tower is Script error: No such module "convert". tall. Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is accurately the name of the largest chiming bell. [28]
39 Siemensstadt File:Siemensturm 04.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1909 Tower building Germany Berlin Tower is Script error: No such module "convert". [29]
40 Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp) File:Cathedral of our Lady 7 (Piotr Kuczynski).jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1786 Church Belgium Antwerp Tower is Script error: No such module "convert". [30][31]
41 Ayer Mill File:Ayer Mill View.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1909 Clock tower USA Lawrence
42 San Francisco Ferry Building File:San Francisco Ferry Building (cropped).jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1898 Building USA San Francisco Clock tower is Script error: No such module "convert". and houses a private penthouse residence [32][33]
43 Vancouver Block File:VancouverBlock.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1912 Building Canada Vancouver Building is Script error: No such module "convert".. Faces are illuminated at night [34][35]
44 Custom House Tower File:Custom House Tower, Boston, MA - view 1.JPG Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1916 Building USA Boston Due to the installation of an undersized motor, the clock failed to work properly through much of the 20th century
45 Clock Tower of Bologna File:Bologna 2010-1.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 Yes 1451 Building Italy Bologna [36]
46 Palace of Culture and Science File:Palace of Culture and Science Warsaw 2018.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 2000 Building Poland Warsaw Building constructed in 1955 at a height of Script error: No such module "convert".. Clock faces added later.
47 Spasskaya Tower File:The Spasskaya Tower 2015.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1851 Building Russia Moscow The tower is Script error: No such module "convert". tall [37]
48 Mercantile National Bank Building File:Mercantile-Bank-Building-Dallas.jpg Script error: No such module "convert".[38] 4 No 1943 Building USA Dallas Building completed in 1942. Addition of clock tower 1943. Height of building Script error: No such module "convert". [39][40][41]
49 Old City Hall File:Torontos Old City Hall 2009.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 Yes 1899 Tower building Canada Toronto Clock tower is Script error: No such module "convert".
50 Multi-level parking of Mashhad
File:Multi-level-parking-of-Mashhad.jpg
 6 m (20 ft) 3 No 2022 Multi-level parking Iran Mashhad Building is 52 m . Largest tower clock in Iran [50]
51 Wrigley Building File:Wrigley building with walkway-Chicago.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1924 Building USA Chicago The hour hands are Script error: No such module "convert". and the minute hands Script error: No such module "convert".. The building is Script error: No such module "convert". [42]
52 Clock tower of Padua File:Padova Piazza dei Signori Torre dell'Orologio 5.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1437 Building Italy Padua [43]
53 Milwaukee City Hall File:Milwaukee City Hall tower clock.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 Yes 1895 Tower building USA Milwaukee Tower is Script error: No such module "convert". tall [44]
54 Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower File:Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Tower.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1908 Clock tower United Kingdom Birmingham Tallest freestanding clock tower in the world at Script error: No such module "convert".. The hour hand is Script error: No such module "convert". and the minute hand is Script error: No such module "convert".
55 Jardin Anglais File:Horloge fleurie Parc Jardin Anglais Genève 2.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 2002 Floral clock Switzerland Geneva Originally created in 1955
56 Brisbane City Hall File:King George Square in 12.2013 07.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1930 Tower building Australia Brisbane Tower is Script error: No such module "convert". [45]
57 Manchester Town Hall File:Manchester Town Hall 2007.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1877 Tower building United Kingdom Manchester Tallest town hall clock tower in UK. [46][47]
58 Peace Tower File:Peace Tower full mast flag.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1920 Tower building Canada Ottawa Tower is Script error: No such module "convert". tall. Built to commemorate Canadians who lost their lives in World War I [48]
59 Central Railway Station File:Central Railway twilight 002.jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 No 1921 Tower building Australia Sydney Tower is Script error: No such module "convert". [49]
60 Royal Palace Photo Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No ? Floral clock Malaysia Anak Bukit

Temporarily installed clocks

A list of clocks with the largest faces that have been installed as temporary structures. Inclusion in this list follows the criteria for the list above except for the temporary nature of the clock.

Rank Location Image Diameter No. of faces Chiming Year Structure Country City Remarks Ref
1 Burning Man Festival Video Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 2011 Laser USA Black Rock Desert It took 13 months to create the clock [50]
2 Scania Clock Photo Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 2016 Articulated lorries Spain Unknown Created with 14 Scania trucks driving in circles for 24 hours at an abandoned airfield [51]
3 World Fair Photos Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1904 Floral clock USA St Louis Created for the world fair [52]

Demolished clocks

A list of the largest faced clocks that have been destroyed or demolished since their construction. Inclusion in this list follows the criteria for the list above except for the fact that the clocks are no longer extant.

Rank Location Image Diameter No. of faces Chiming Year Structure Country City Remarks Ref
1 St. Rumbold's Cathedral File:The American annual of photography (1892) (14597787000).jpg Script error: No such module "convert". 4 Yes 1705 Church Belgium Mechelen Made by Jacob Willmore in 1705. The hour hand was 3.62m long. The hands were destroyed by German fire during the capture of Mechelen in 1914. The remains of the clock faces were only removed in 1963. The clock itself was preserved and still controls the ringing of the bells. In 2014, the inhabitants of Mechelen decided against the restoration of the dials in a referendum. [53][54]
1 Crystal Palace Script error: No such module "convert". 1 No 1862/1876 Building UK Sydenham, London Made by E. J. Dent and installed in the 1862 International Exhibition building. It was moved to the Crystal Palace in Sydenham in November 1876. It was destroyed along with the Crystal Palace itself during the 1936 fire. [55]
2 Singer Factory Clock Video Script error: No such module "convert". 4 1885 Building Scotland, UK Clydebank Located at the Singer factory in Clydebank, the four-sided clock was mounted in a Script error: No such module "convert". tower. The clock, which had become a local landmark, was demolished in a factory modernisation program in 1963 [56]

See also

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References

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