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2. File:Winding the mechanism that powers Big Ben.webm

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   This part of the mechanism must be wound by hand. When the winding handle is operated, 'maintaining power' is activated. This keeps the Great Clock going while winding takes place. Oiling the mechanism is part of the clock's regular maintenance to keep all its parts in working order. For more information about Big Ben visit:

3. Complication (horology) - Wikipedia

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   The Star Caliber 2000 has 21 complications. They include sunrise and sunset times and the lunar orbit, and it is capable of playing the melody of Westminster quarters (from Big Ben, the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London). The Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4 is the world's most complicated wristwatch. It has 36 complications, 25 ...

4. Dent (clocks and watches) - Wikipedia

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   On 25 February 1852 the contract for constructing Big Ben's clock was awarded to Dent by Sir George Airy, the Astronomer Royal. For the sum of £1,800 (equivalent to £247,000 in 2023), [7] Edward John Dent was to construct the clock according to Edmund Beckett Denison's design. Edward John Dent died in 1853 and it was left to his son ...

5. Radio clock - Wikipedia

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   A modern LF radio-controlled clock. A radio clock or radio-controlled clock (RCC), and often colloquially (and incorrectly [1]) referred to as an "atomic clock", is a type of quartz clock or watch that is automatically synchronized to a time code transmitted by a radio transmitter connected to a time standard such as an atomic clock.

6. Big Ben to strike 11 times to mark start of two-minute silence

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   Big Ben will be struck 11 times at 11am to mark the start of the two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday. Over the past five years the Elizabeth Tower, and the clockwork and bell mechanism within ...

7. 2LO - Wikipedia

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   At midnight on New Year's Eve 1923, the twelve chimes of Big Ben were broadcast for the first time to mark the new year. [1] In 1927 the company became the British Broadcasting Corporation. On 9 March 1930 2LO was replaced by the BBC Regional Programme and the BBC National Programme. The letters LO continued to be used internally as a ...

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