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		fouronnes3 on Jan 6, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All clocks are 30 seconds late That's a good point, I was actually wondering about that. I've seen a lot of jumping analog clocks so I incorrectly assumed Big Ben was the same. I should have checked :)

tim333 on Jan 6, 2025 [–]

The jumping ones are mostly electrically activated. Big Ben from 1854 is gloriously mechanical - some of the mechanism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WSzdAF8b8 pendulum https://youtu.be/U8gkgWoFBAw guy who winds it https://youtu.be/dMT-OOrLBik

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