A list of permanent working clocks with the largest faces in the world. Entries include all clocks with faces at least 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.

RankLocationImageNo. offacesChimingYearStructureCountryCityRemarksRef 1 Mecca Royal Clock Tower 4 No 2012 Building Saudi Arabia Mecca Tallest building with clock faces. Building which also makes the clock faces the highest above the ground level 2 Istanbul Cevahir 1 No 2005 Shopping centre Turkey Istanbul 3-metre-high digits laid on the transparent roof of the centre 3 Bhestan Photo 1 No ? Floral clock India Surat Largest floral clock in the world 4 Aekyung Tower Photo 1 No 2018 Building South Korea Seoul 5 Park Heroyiv 1 No 2011 Floral clock Ukraine Kryvyi Rih Constructed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. Minute hand is . 6 Central do Brasil 4 No 1943 Railway station Brazil Rio de Janeiro Largest clock face in South America. Clock tower is tall 7 Baitul Khairaat Grand Mosque Photo 1 No 2025 Mosque Indonesia Palu Largest clock in Indonesia, as certified by the Indonesian World Records Museum. 8 Duquesne Brewery 1 No 1933 Building USA Pittsburgh Largest clock face in North America. Octagonal clock. Has and aluminium hands 9 Gohar Park 1 No 2021 Mountain Iran Sirjan Iran's biggest clock, Located in Gohar Park of Sirjan. 10 Colgate Clock (New Jersey) 1 No 1924 Freestanding USA Jersey City Octagonal clock. Originally located on roof of Colgate headquarters building 11 Tehran's Floral Clock 1 No 2005 Floral clock Iran Tehran It was the biggest clock in Middle East before the tower clock of Mecca 12 NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building 4 No 2000(building)2002(clocks added) Building Japan Tokyo Tower is 13 Grozny City Towers 2 No 2011 Building Russia Grozny Minute hand is and hour hand is . 14 Kronos Office Building 12.9 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. 15 Rockwell Automation HQ 4 No 1962 Clock tower USA Milwaukee Clock tower is and is known as the Allen-Bradley clock tower. Each hour hand is long. Each minute hand is long. 16 Niagara Falls Floral Clock 1 No 1950 Floral Clock Canada Niagara Falls 17 Colgate Clock (Indiana) 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. 18 Alexandra Clock Photo 1 No 1968 Freestanding New Zealand Alexandra Located on a hill overlooking the town. 19 Kentucky State Capitol 1 No 1961 Floral clock USA Frankfort Located in the grounds of the capitol building. Minute hand and hour hand . 20 Gare de Cergy - Saint-Christophe 1 No 1988 Railway station France Cergy 21 Resovia Office 1 No 2020 Office building Poland Rzeszów Fifth largest clock face in Europe 22 Aarau railway station 1 No 1988 Railway station Switzerland Aarau Sixth largest clock face in Europe 23 Main building of Moscow State University 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 24 Stephen's Green Shopping Centre 1 No 1988 Shopping centre Republic of Ireland Dublin 25 St Peter's Church 1 No 1534 Church Switzerland Zürich Largest church clock face. The minute hand is and the hour hand is 26 Oslo City Hall 1 Yes 1950 Building Norway Oslo Tower with clock on it is known as Oslo Rådhus 2 and is . Building hosts the Nobel Peace Prize each year 27 Christchurch Floral Clock 1 No 1953 Floral clock New Zealand Christchurch Over 7000 plants are required each spring and autumn for the design 28 Torrazzo of Cremona 1 No 1588 Tower Building Italy CremonaLargest clock face in Italy and one of the largest astronomical clock faces in the world. 29 St. Michael's Church, Hamburg 4 No 1911 Church Germany Hamburg The minute hand is and the hour hand is 3.65 m. The Clock tower is 30 Met Life Tower 4 No 1912 Building USA New York Minute hands are and the hour hands are . Tower tall 31 Philadelphia City Hall 4 No 1901 Clock tower USA Philadelphia Building with clock tower is 32 Shell Mex House 2 No 1930 Building United Kingdom London Largest clock faces in UK 33 Waverly at South Beach7.62 m (25 ft)1No2000Building USAMiami Clock Movement weighs 771 kg (1700 lbs) 34 Royal Liver Building 4 Electronic 1911 Clock tower United Kingdom Liverpool Clocks on two towers with building including clock towers . Building part of the World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City 35 Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord 1 No 1932 Church Czech Republic Prague 36 Detsky Mir 1 No 2014 Shopping centre Russia Moscow Clock is inside toy shop. Pendulum is 37 Emerson Tower 4 No 1911 Building USA Baltimore The largest four-dial gravity clock in the world. Tower is 38 Minneapolis City Hall 4 Yes 1906 Clock tower USA Minneapolis Largest four-face chiming clock in the world. Clock tower is . Minute hands are 39 Elizabeth Tower 4 Yes 1859 Clock Tower United Kingdom London Clock tower is tall. Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is accurately the name of the largest chiming bell. 40 Siemensstadt 4 No 1909 Tower building Germany Berlin Tower is 41 Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp) 4 Yes 1786 Church Belgium Antwerp Tower is 42 Ayer Mill 4 Yes 1909 Clock tower USA Lawrence 43 San Francisco Ferry Building 4 Yes 1898 Building USA San Francisco Clock tower is and houses a private penthouse residence 44 Vancouver Block 4 No 1912 Building Canada Vancouver Building is . Faces are illuminated at night 45 Custom House Tower 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 46 Clock Tower of Bologna 1 Yes 1451 Building Italy Bologna 47 Palace of Culture and Science 4 No 2000 Building Poland Warsaw Building constructed in 1955 at a height of . Clock faces added later. 48 Spasskaya Tower 4 Yes 1851 Building Russia Moscow The tower is tall 49 Mercantile National Bank Building 4 No 1943 Building USA Dallas Building completed in 1942. Addition of clock tower 1943. Height of building 50 Old City Hall 1 Yes 1899 Tower building Canada Toronto Clock tower is 51 Multi-level parking of Mashhad 6 m (20 ft) 3 No 2022 Multi-level parking Iran Mashhad Building is 52 m. Largest tower clock in Iran. https://zamannegar.com/irans-biggest-tower-clock/ 52 Wrigley Building 1 No 1924 Building USA Chicago The hour hands are and the minute hands . The building is 53 Clock tower of Padua 1 No 1437 Building Italy Padua 54 Milwaukee City Hall 1 Yes 1895 Tower building USA Milwaukee Tower is tall 55 Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower 4 Yes 1908 Clock tower United Kingdom Birmingham Tallest freestanding clock tower in the world at . The hour hand is and the minute hand is 56 Jardin Anglais 1 No 2002 Floral clock Switzerland Geneva Originally created in 1955 57 Brisbane City Hall 4 Yes 1930 Tower building Australia Brisbane Tower is 58 Manchester Town Hall 4 Yes 1877 Tower building United Kingdom Manchester Tallest town hall clock tower in UK. 59 Peace Tower 4 Yes 1920 Tower building Canada Ottawa Tower is tall. Built to commemorate Canadians who lost their lives in World War I 60 Central Railway Station 4 No 1921 Tower building Australia Sydney Tower is 61 Royal Palace Photo 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.

RankLocationImageNo. of facesChimingYearStructureCountryCityRemarksRef 1 Burning Man Festival Video 1 No 2011 Laser USA Black Rock Desert It took 13 months to create the clock 2 Scania Clock Photo 1 No 2016 Articulated lorries Spain Unknown Created with 14 Scania trucks driving in circles for 24 hours at an abandoned airfield 3 World Fair Photos 1 No 1904 Floral clock USA St Louis Created for the world fair

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.

RankLocationImageNo. of facesChimingYearStructureCountryCityRemarksRef 1 St. Rumbold's Cathedral 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. 1 Crystal Palace 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. 2 Singer Factory Clock Video 4 1885 Building Scotland, UK Clydebank Located at the Singer factory in Clydebank, the four-sided clock was mounted in a tower. The clock, which had become a local landmark, was demolished in a factory modernisation program in 1963

See also List of clocks List of tallest clock towers

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