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  Thursday, June 10, 2010
  Largest mechanical clock - Ganzhou clock sets world record
  GANZHOU, China -- Workers are this week beginning to install a giant clock in the unlikely surroundings of Ganzhou, made in England by the family firm Smith of Derby, measuring 13 metres in diameter, while the minute hand is 7.8 metres long - setting the new world record for the Largest mechanical clock.

   Photo: An artist's impression of Ganzhou's Harmony park which will feature the World's Largest Mechanical Clock built by Smith of Derby. Photograph: Smith of Derby
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   The firm said the last time it built a large mechanical clock from scratch was in the 1950s, although it has continued to refurbish and repair them. In recent years most people have opted for cheaper, lighter electric versions.

   A spokesman for the Ganzhou Expressway Company, which is developing Harmony park, said it chose a mechanical clock because it wanted a historical feel and turned to the UK on the advice of experts.

    Traditional steel hands would have weighed around 2 tonnes each. Instead, Smith turned to EPM Technology, a Derby firm that creates carbon fibre panels for F1 cars. It used its expertise to make hands weighing a mere 65 to 70kg (about 150lb). The four giant clock faces were produced by Yantai, a 95-year-old Chinese firm.

   The tower includes a viewing gallery so visitors can inspect the movement, which is made from hardened steel with bronze finishing and brass and gold-plated components.

    The clock is the largest of its kind in the world when measured by size of dial and hands and has taken a year to design and build.

    The firm hopes the tower will be morally improving as well as useful. "Not only will it record the time, but it will also remind people not to waste time," said the spokesman.

    The Largest mechanical clock in The World will be unveiled at the end of the month and the tower opened to the public next year. The timepiece is accurate to within 30 seconds a month and uses GPS technology to correct itself. It comes with a 100-year guarantee, though the company says it should last much longer.

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