Mini Challenge # 333 "Keeping Time"

pegelli

The subject of this mini is "Keeping Time" in which I want to see a clock or another timekeeping device in every submission.
Any instrument that shows time is fine, so it can be clocks, watches, sundials or any other method people have thought of to keep time.

A few examples form me:

Modern sundial

Antique sundial

Tower clock

But obviously there are many, many more examples of instruments keeping time, I'm looking forward to what you come up with. Please make my judging job a hard one

This mini will run for about 2 1/2 weeks until Tuesday March 29, 19:00 NWE time.

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grandmaR

I've been looking through my photos and I have managed to winnow the submissions down to about 10. What didn't make the final cut was the beautiful Clock Tower in St. Mark's square is possibly the second most well known clock in the world; after "Big Ben". It was built in 1499. It was designed by Mauro Codussi, and decorated with an astronomic clock that shows the hour, the moon phases and zodiac signs. In the 1979 film Moonraker, James Bond is seen throwing Chang (the bad guy) through the glass face of the famous St. Mark's clock and down into a piano below, thus disrupting an opera performance. The real clock was obviously not used. For one thing, face of the real clock consists of revolving metal disks so a glass-fronted studio-based 'clock stunt double' was used. But my photo of it wasn't such a good one, so I haven't used it. I eliminated all the usual kinds of clocks. So... The first one is one of the towers in the..

1. Clocktower Mall
   
   This is actually a Tide Clock. The towers are visible from several miles out at sea. One of the towers is a regular clock. But this one tells the captain when high tide is.

2. Floral clock from a Botonical Garden in Santo Domingo
   

3. Oaklawn Racetrack

And an extra, because I didn't take one of the photos - is a Then and Now photo of the Weighthouse clock in Alkmaar - the photo on the right taken in 1950 by my dad and the one of the left taken by me in 2016
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pegelli

Thanks for entering grandmaR, nice diverse "timekeepers", especially the tide clock is interesting, I never knew something like that existed.

And thanks for the bonus shots from Alkmaar, it's almost a "seek the 10 differences" puzzle, but the overall similarity is striking!

@ all others, we need more than one entry, so pls. show us your clocks and other time pieces and make my job hard.

sarasphotos

Finally got my act together and made some choices.

1) MANY clocks, El Rastro flea market, Madrid

2) Dijon cathedral, France

3) Unexpected gems: atop a small chapel in a village in a rural area of the state of Piedmont, Italy.

DavidRGillespie

three to consider

1. what time is it (Basilica, Quito Equador)

2. Bayamo, Cuba

3. Montreal

JAG

Great theme!
Wouldn't be right to not include;
1 Big Ben

2 That morning cup of jo

3 A timeless piece

pegelli

Thanks for entering Sara, Dave and Joyce, and great to see you back Joyce

pegelli

Oops, forgot to close last tuesday, but this mini is now closed!

I'll try to have the results up today or tomorrow.