![]() The clock is automatically wound, with a bell striking hourly and marking sunrise. It features four stainless steel dials almost twice the size of those on the Houses of Parliament, innovative carbon fibre hands weighing a mere 65 to 70 kg and toughed steel gears. The mechanical clock is regulated solely by the a 2-seconds, 13-foot-long swinging pendulum. The mechanical clock, known as the Harmony Clock, was designed and built by Smith of Derby Ltd (UK). ![]() The largest pendulum regulated clock measures 12.8 m (41 ft 11.94 in) in diameter and was commissioned by the Ganzhou Expressway Company Limited (China) as a feature public clock of the Harmony Tower in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China. ![]()
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