Adam *'s photos with the keyword: horloge

Clock tower

31 Oct 2010 1 735
A clock tower at Lacock Abbey, Witshire, England

Midday

25 Aug 2010 1 778
The Courts garden in Holt, Witshire, England

Centuries apart

05 Jul 2010 3 950
The clock on the nineteenth century Pier Head Building seen from under canopy covering the entrances to the twenty-first century Welsh Assembly Building. Cardiff, Wales

Torre dos Clerigos

15 Jun 2010 848
A landmark of Porto, Portugal.

Tower of time

05 Mar 2010 2 862
Big Ben, London

Six o one

28 Feb 2010 2 996
Big Ben, London

Triumphal arch

25 Nov 2009 3 1 1036
The triumphal arch at the end of Rua Augusta where it opens out onto the Praca Commercio, Lisbon.

Corpus Christi

09 Oct 2009 1 884
This extraordinary clock is on the outside wall of the Taylor Library, part of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge UK. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Clock

Place Bellecour

03 Jul 2009 2 1146
Statue of Louis XIV with the bell tower of the old Hôpital de la Charité in the background.

Four o Clock

11 Jun 2009 5 2 987
St Jean's cathedral, Vieux Lyon, Lyon, France.

Timewarp

08 Jun 2009 6 1352
Gare Pérrache in Lyon, France

Present and past

17 May 2009 2 823
Shell-Mex House behind the Cleopatra's Needle on the Charing Cross Embankment of the River Thames.

The mortal moment

17 Nov 2008 2 1947
In the Harem at Topkapi Saray, Istanbul. Ataturk died at 9.05 am in Istanbul's Dolmabahce Saray. Many historical clocks in Istanbul's museums and monuments are left set at that time in Ataturk's memory. Note the unusual markings on the clock face and the Turkish words on the small dial above it. The clock was made in London, UK. " Markwick Markham (recorded 'Behind the Royal Exchange', London) flourished 1725-1805 and specialised in making both musical and ordinary clocks for the Ottoman market and for Russia also. His father, James Markwick Jr. (d. 1730) became Free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1692 and his business succeeded that of Samuel Betts, one of the great early clockmaking pioneers. Markwick Jr. became Master in 1720 and went into partnership with his brother-in-law Robert Markham who succeeded him in the business and carried on trading under the name Markwick Markham. The business was so successful that their name became synonymous with this type of clock. The 'Turkish' or 'Ottoman' market was a lucrative one and embraced most countries of the Near East, extending to Persia. A tortoiseshell musical clock by Markwick Markham is in the Seraglio Palace, Istanbul (Ord-Hume, p.309). Fine examples of ormolu-mounted tortoiseshell musical table clocks by Markwick Markham can be seen in Barder (p.163) and Ord-Hume (p.25). " (from www.grosvenorfair.co.uk/exhibits/print/47644 )

Time and space

23 Mar 2008 1 593
Based on a clockface seen at the Wilkinson's Jam Museum, Tiptree, Essex