List of largest clock faces

A list of permanent working clocks with the largest faces in the world. Entries include all clocks with faces at least 4 m (13 ft) 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.

Rank	Location	Image	Diameter	Number of Faces	Chiming	Year	Structure	Country	City	Remarks	Ref
1	Abraj Al Bait Towers		43 m (141 ft)	4	No	2012	Building	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	Tallest building with clock faces. Building 601 metres (1,972 feet) which also makes the clock faces the highest above the ground level
2	Istanbul Cevahir		36 m (118 ft)	1	No	2005	Shopping Centre	Turkey	Istanbul	3-metre-high digits laid on the transparent roof of the centre
3	Bhestan	Photo	24.2 m (79 ft)	1	Yes	?	Floral clock	India	Surat	Largest floral clock in the world	[1]
4	Park Heroyiv		22 m (72 ft)	1	Yes	2011	Floral clock	Ukraine	Kryvyi Rih	Constructed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. Minute hand is 13 m (43 ft)	[2]
5	Central do Brasil		20 m (66 ft)	4	Yes	1943	Railway Station	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Clock tower is 122 m (400 ft) tall	[3]
6	Duquesne Brewery		18 m (59 ft)	1	No	1933	Building	USA	Pittsburgh	Largest clock face in USA. Octagonal clock. Has 8.5 m (28 ft) and 6.4 m (21 ft) aluminium hands
7	Colgate Clock (New Jersey)		15.2 m (50 ft)	1	No	1924	Freestanding	USA	Jersey City	Octagonal clock. Originally located on roof of Colgate headquarters building
8	NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building		15 m (49 ft)	4	No	2000 (building) 2002 (clocks added)	Building	Japan	Tokyo	Tower is 240 m (790 ft)	[4]
9	Abbasabad	Photo	15 m (49 ft)	1	No	2005	Floral clock	Iran	Tehran		[5]
10	Grozny City Towers		13.6 m (45 ft)	2	No	2011	Building	Russia	Grozny	Minute hand is 7.3 m (24 ft) and hour hand is 5.5 m (18 ft)
11	Rockwell Automation HQ		12.25 m (40.2 ft)	4	Yes	1962	Clock Tower	USA	Milwaukee	Clock tower is 86.25 m (283.0 ft) and is known as the Allen-Bradley clock tower. Each hour hand is 4.8 m (16 ft) long. Each minute hand is 6.1 m (20 ft) long.
12	Colgate Clock (Indiana)		12 m (39 ft)	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.
13	Kentucky State Capitol		10 m (33 ft)	1	No	1961	Floral Clock	USA	Frankfort	Located in the grounds of the capitol building. Minute hand 6.1 m (20 ft) and hour hand 4.6 m (15 ft)
14	Gare de Cergy - Saint-Christophe		10 m (33 ft)	1	No	1988	Railway Station	France	Cergy		[6]
15	Aarau railway station		9 m (30 ft)	1	No	1988	Railway Station	Switzerland	Aarau	Fifth largest clock face in Europe	[7]
16	Main building of Moscow State University		9 m (30 ft)	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 3.9 m (13 ft)	[8]
17	Stephen's Green Shopping Centre		8.9 m (29 ft)	1	No	1988	Shopping centre	Republic of Ireland	Dublin
18	St Peter's Church		8.64 m (28.3 ft)	1	No	1534	Church	Switzerland	Zurich	Largest church clock face. The minute hand is 5.73 metres (18.8 ft) and the hour hand is 5.07 metres (16.6 ft)
19	Oslo City Hall		8.6 m (28 ft)	1	Yes	1950	Building	Norway	Oslo	Tower with clock on it is known as Oslo Rådhus 2 and is 63 m (207 ft). Building hosts the Nobel Peace Prize each year	[9]
20	Met Life Tower		8 m (26 ft)	4	Yes	1912	Building	USA	New York	Minute hands are 5.2 m (17 ft) and the hour hands are 4.06 m (13.3 ft). Tower 213.4 m (700 ft) tall	[10]
21	Philadelphia City Hall		7.9 m (26 ft)	4	No	1901	Clock tower	USA	Philadelphia	Building with clock tower is 167 m (548 ft)
22	Shell Mex House		7.62 m (25.0 ft)	1	No	1930	Building	United Kingdom	London	Largest clock face in UK
23	Waverly at South Beach		7.62 m (25 ft)	1	No	2000	Building	USA	Miami	Clock Movement weighs 771 kg (1700 lbs)	[11]
24	Royal Liver Building		7.6 m (25 ft)	4	Yes	1911	Clock tower	United Kingdom	Liverpool	Clocks on two towers with building including clock towers 98.2 m (322 ft). Building part of the World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City	[12]
25	Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord		7.6 m (25 ft)	1	No	1932	Church	Czech Republic	Prague
26	Detsky Mir		7.5 m (25 ft)	1	No	2014	Shopping centre	Russia	Moscow	Clock is inside toy shop. Pendulum is 13 m (43 ft)	[13] [14]
27	Emerson Tower		7.3 m (24 ft)	4	No	1911	Building	USA	Baltimore	The largest four dial gravity clock in the world. Tower is 88.1 m (289 ft)	[15]
28	Minneapolis City Hall		7.2 m (24 ft)	4	Yes	1906	Clock tower	USA	Minneapolis	Largest four face chiming clock in the world. Clock tower is 105 m (344 ft). Minute hands are 4.3 m (14 ft)	[16]
29	Elizabeth Tower		7 m (23 ft)	4	Yes	1859	Clock Tower	United Kingdom	London	Clock tower is 96 m (315 ft) tall. Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is accurately the name of the largest chiming bell.	[17]
30	Siemensstadt		7 m (23 ft)	4	No	1909	Tower Building	Germany	Berlin	Tower is 75 m (246 ft)	[18]
31	Ayer Mill		6.75 m (22.1 ft)	4	Yes	1909	Clock tower	USA	Lawrence
32	Custom House Tower		6.7 m (22 ft)	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
33	San Francisco Ferry Building		6.7 m (22 ft)	4	Yes	1898	Building	United States	San Francisco	Clock tower is 74.7 m (245 ft) and houses a private penthouse residence	[19][20]
34	Palace of Culture and Science		6.2 m (20 ft)	4	No	2000	Building	Poland	Warsaw	Building constructed in 1955 at a height of 237 m (778 ft). Clock faces added later.
35	Spasskaya Tower		6.12 m (20.1 ft)	4	Yes	1851	Building	Russia	Moscow	The tower is 71 m (232.9 ft) tall	[21]
36	Mercantile National Bank Building		6.1 m (20 ft)[22]	4	No	1943	Building	USA	Dallas	Building completed in 1942. Addition of clock tower 1943. Height of building 159.4 m (523 ft)	[23] [24][25]
37	Old City Hall		6 m (20 ft)	1	No	1899	Tower-Building	Canada	Toronto	Clock tower is 103.6 m (340 ft)
38	Wrigley Building		5.97 m (19.6 ft)	1	No	1924	Building	USA	Chicago	The hour hands are 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) and the minute hands 2.79 m (9 ft 2 in). The building is 133.5 m (438 ft)	[26]
39	Milwaukee City Hall		5.5 m (18 ft)	1	Yes	1895	Tower-Building	USA	Milwaukee	Tower is 107.6 m (353 ft) tall	[27]
40	Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower		5.25 m (17.2 ft)	4	Yes	1908	Clock tower	United Kingdom	Birmingham	Tallest freestanding clock tower in the world at 100 m (330 ft). The hour hand is 3 m (9.8 ft) and the minute hand is 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
41	Jardin Anglais		5 m (16 ft)	1	No	2002	Floral clock	Switzerland	Geneva	Originally created in 1955
42	Manchester Town Hall		4.8 m (16 ft)	4	Yes	1877	Tower Building	United Kingdom	Manchester	Tallest town hall clock tower in UK.	[28][29]
43	Peace Tower		4.8 m (16 ft)	4	Yes	1920	Tower-Building	Canada	Ottawa	Tower is 92.2 m (302 ft) tall. Built to commemorate Canadians who lost their lives in World War I	[30]
44	Royal Palace	Photo	4.7 m (15 ft)	1	No	?	Floral clock	Malaysia	Anak Bukit