Alkiro1
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Thank you very much Don for this guided tour. This clock is much more than a clock. It’s a true work of art and a piece of history. I hope I’ll have the opportunity to see it one day as it’s not so far from my home
Best wishes
Alkiro
Some horological history, a visit to the Zytglogge in Bern
Although we can hardly believe it today, having a clock was once so rare that it was a prestige object for a town to have a tower clock. And all the clocks were “repeaters” so that everyone in the town could hear the time struck on the bells to call then ...
Ahh - much enjoyed!!
Thank you for the time(less) trip through Bern! 😊I have some analog photos of a water clock in Meknes that I need to dig out - 1000+ yrs old. All the best. G.
Thanks Don. There are many clock towers I would like to visit! And this is definitely one of them.
.. last summer, I visited one in Plague. It was under restoration, so I missed much. Would love to visit again. Hope to see this one and others in a working condition.... Thanks Don, for an excellent report! Best, Ken ...
Fantastic report
as if I would be there myself! Is the visit to the mechanism possible for everyone? Thx, Dirk
Yes, there are guided visits...
look here: It is best to reserve in advance as the visit is very poopular. Don
Thank you for the toure, Don!
If I ever visit Bern I will make sure to visit the Zytgogge! Best Blomman
Thanks MCG for posting what I forgot.
I have it in my notes, but somehow was forgotten. D
You lost me at the crowing chicken
Don, Thanks for the tour of a complicated clock. I was stuck at the chicken crowing bellows and the pendulum bob being a cannon ball! Regards, MTF