Post your tower clock, sun clock etc....Thread

Tale of two clocks.
Town pier Gravesend with St George's church clock tower just a couple of hundred yards further back.

Disclaimer - I cannot vouch for the accuracy of my little tale, but, A sailor once told me before he died, whilst we were consuming a pint or two in a local riverside pub, that, back in the late 1850s, when timing accuracy was by means of an electrical pulse distributed from The Royal Observatory Greenwich, that a senior inspector from the 'Board of Trade' was inspecting the accuracy of time keeping around the River Thames and coastal areas of the UK.

The inspector decided to stop-by at Gravesend and visit St George's church to pay his respects to his maker. To satisfy his curiosity he pulled out his reference timepiece (His marine chronometer, the Rolex of the day) and noticed that the time was only a few minutes past 'spot-on'. He commented on this to the Vicar, asking how such accuracy was obtainable from such an ancient clock. "Well!" said the Vicar, as they climbed into the bell tower to enthuse over the mechanism. "See this 'ere telescope, every morning either the Verger or myself climbs the bell tower, trains the telescope on the Town Pier clock for reference, because that clock, I am told, is controlled by a time signal from Greenwich, we then give our clock little nudge to correct it".

The inspector placed a small donation in the offertory box as he left the church and decided to visit the Town Pier. Discussing time keeping with the pompous pier master, over a nice cup of Earl Gray tea, he enquired how the new electric time signalling system had improved the towns timekeeping. "Oh that time signal!" Exclaimed the pompous pier master "We don't bother with that, the line is usually out of order!" "Well then, my good man." Said the inspector, in a raised voice. "And just how DO you adjust the most prestigious clock in your town?" The pompous pier master replied. "Well! You see this 'ere c1805 naval issue telescope, I train it on the church clock......!"

Aalsmeer Netherlands

The clock Tower. All Saints Church. Maidstone. Kent. UK.

A comparison shot.

Left picture 1958 Leica IIIB F2 Summar - - - - - Right Picture 2021

I like these comparative photographs.

We may I have posted this on this forum in the past, but perhaps we don't mind I repeating it. In the Czech Republic, it was intensively pursued by Václav Víšek, who unfortunately died last year. All his photographs can be seen here: http://srovnavacifotky​.blogspot.com/. In red is always the name of the region, in orange are the individual municipalities in the region - just click on them. The historical photos are from various books and postcards, the current photos were taken by him. It must have taken a huge effort. On his blog he also described exactly when and where he took which photo, but it's only in Czech. Just for the record here is a link to my hometown: http://vencovypindy.bl​ogspot.com/2012/11/mla​da-boleslav.html.

Lubos-PM wrote in post #19366201
I like these comparative photographs.

We may I have posted this on this forum in the past, but perhaps we don't mind I repeating it. In the Czech Republic, it was intensively pursued by Václav Víšek, who unfortunately died last year. All his photographs can be seen here: http://srovnavacifotky​.blogspot.com/. In red is always the name of the region, in orange are the individual municipalities in the region - just click on them. The historical photos are from various books and postcards, the current photos were taken by him. It must have taken a huge effort. On his blog he also described exactly when and where he took which photo, but it's only in Czech. Just for the record here is a link to my hometown: http://vencovypindy.bl​ogspot.com/2012/11/mla​da-boleslav.html.

Thank you Lubos. I have looked through you links and find them interesting. I also note that a lot of the pictures have a 100 year time-span, and also span two world wars. Some of the pictures are photo-tinted, a skill my grandfather developed - unfortunately I have very little of his photographic work because one of my so-called uncles decided to clear the house and burnt all photos and paperwork he could get his hands on before I could liberate it for the family archive. I was not happy.

I note the high quality of your church pictures - your R5 seems to be noticeably producing higher quality results than your 5D IV - as are the results of others posting R5 pictures - the bird photographers seem to be doing excellent work with it - I am tempted, but hanging on as long as possible for the R7, hoping it will have GPS - if ever!

Lubos-PM wrote in post #19366201
I like these comparative photographs.

We may I have posted this on this forum in the past, but perhaps we don't mind I repeating it. In the Czech Republic, it was intensively pursued by Václav Víšek, who unfortunately died last year. All his photographs can be seen here: http://srovnavacifotky​.blogspot.com/. In red is always the name of the region, in orange are the individual municipalities in the region - just click on them. The historical photos are from various books and postcards, the current photos were taken by him. It must have taken a huge effort. On his blog he also described exactly when and where he took which photo, but it's only in Czech. Just for the record here is a link to my hometown: http://vencovypindy.bl​ogspot.com/2012/11/mla​da-boleslav.html.

Thanks for posting this Lubos. Very informative and interesting.

In Salzufflen Germany

Orsay, Paris

St Peter and St Pauls. Aylesford. Kent. UK.
The church overlooks the village of Aylesford. Aylesford is low-lying on the banks of the River Medway and is subject to frequent flooding.

Passau - Germany

Passau - Germany. The clock in the second picture is going the wrong way - the street lights are shining on it .

Pilsen