![]() I followed up with a coat of clear wax and sparingly used dark wax to bring out a few of the details. I painted the frame of the clock in Paris Grey using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and then gave it a whitewash with Old White. I love its worn appearance but it was too dark. This is how my large wall clock looked originally. I admit I had a bit of a sinking feeling in my stomach when I realized this. Due to the soft colors in this room, I felt it was too dark when I brought it home from the store. Here’s the clock in my family room after the makeover was all done. Does that ever happen to you? Rather than return it (the clock was a great price, after all), I decided to give my large wall clock a makeover. I brought it home but unfortunately, the color wasn’t quite right. About a year ago I found a great clock for my family room on sale at a local boutique. I’ve been on the hunt for a large wall clock for some time, but didn’t want to spend a lot of money. I have lots of decorating passions … white ironstone, fresh flowers, vintage mirrors, and big old clocks. ![]() Those things that pull at your heart strings every time you see them, whether you see that decorating object in a store, a magazine, or you spy it in a photo on Pinterest. Over the years, some of these clock faces have been used for advertisement purposes like the Duquesne Brewery Clock.We all have our decorating passions. These clock towers are lasting landmarks with some famous ones being Elizabeth tower (Big Ben) in London, Zytglogge tower in Switzerland, and Rajabai tower in India. Other than telling time, these clocks are national monuments. The clock advertised different brands until 2017. Before being purchased by Duquesne Brewery Company in 1961, the clock was on the Hillside of Mount Washington and it displayed advertisements for various beverages. Franklin built it in Georgia and then shipped it to Pittsburgh. ![]() John Franklin designed the clock, and it is powered by a 1.25 horsepower Janett motor. The watch has a face with a diameter of 18 meters (60 feet) with a 7.6-meter (25 feet) hour hand and a 10.6-meter (35 feet) minute hand. The clock’s face has been used to advertise various brands over the years, including Coca-Cola. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Duquesne Brewery Clock was the world’s biggest single-faced clock when it was built in 1933. ![]() Image credit: Aleksandar Todorovic/Shutterstock Central do Brasil Clock Central do Brasil Clock Tower, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was built on 22.98 acres of land donated by the Navin Fluorine Company. About 25% of the clock’s area has a reinforced concrete slab where its machinery is fitted. As a floral clock, it is made up of plants and soil and has a diameter of about 24.25 meters (79.72 feet) with each of its hands weighing 1,763 pounds. The clock exceeds the next-biggest garden clock, in Switzerland, by about 2.2 meters (7.2 feet). Surat, India’s floral clock is the largest botanical clock and the third-largest clock face in the world. The mall had the largest leasable area in Europe from 2005 to 2011 and it is one of the largest malls in the world. Constructed in 2005, the digits of the clock are about 3 meters high (10 feet). The clock has a diameter of 32 meters (105 feet) and it was designed to beat the record set by the Floral clock in Tehran, Iran. The second-largest clock in the world is on the large glass roof of the Istanbul Cevahir Mall in Şişli district, Istanbul, Turkey.
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