Contributions of the group Horloges de villes et villages / Town and village's clocks.

Eglise St Jean Bosco, Paris

nobody@ipernity.com (Eric Desjours) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:09:08 +0000

L'église Saint Jean Bosco (Paris 20eme, France), est une église catholique de style Art Déco (pas mon préféré).
Construite de 1933 à 1938, elle est dédiée à don Bosco (1815-1880), fondateur des Salésiens à Turin.
Elle est l'une des plus décorées de Paris : peintures murales, fresques, mosaïques, vitraux, statues, autels et chaire en onyx, sont conçus par l'atelier parisien des frères Mauméjean (voir PiPs).
L'orgue de tribune est dû au facteur Dargassies (1991).

Le hibou

nobody@ipernity.com (Le miroir de l'aube) — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:13:27 +0000

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Beffroi de la gare de Limoges-Bénedictins.

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City Hall.

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:41:01 +0000

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At Rātslaukums, Riga.

Saint Peter Lutheran Church.

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:35:29 +0000

Dimas Sequeira has posted:

At Skārņu iela, Riga.

Saint Peter Lutheran Church.

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:55:48 +0000

Dimas Sequeira has posted:

At Skārņu iela, Riga.

Saint James Catholic Cathedral (1201).

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:16:24 +0000

Dimas Sequeira has posted:

At Klostera iela, Riga.

Riga Cathedral.

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:55:34 +0000

Dimas Sequeira has posted:

At Doma laukums.

Riga Cathedral.

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:11:41 +0000

Dimas Sequeira has posted:

Viewed from Bīskapa gāte.

Der versunkene Kirchturm im Reschensee | Italien

nobody@ipernity.com (Kayleigh) — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:40:51 +0000

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L'heure torticolis à saveur hautement religieuse

nobody@ipernity.com (Léopold) — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:41:55 +0000

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Mexico city, Mexique.

Religious stiff neck time.

L'heure policière

nobody@ipernity.com (Léopold) — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:33:16 +0000

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Tanger, Maroc.

Horloge à sens unique

nobody@ipernity.com (Léopold) — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:33:30 +0000

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Tanger, Maroc.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Peter Harriman) — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:51:57 +0000

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Horloge de l'église

nobody@ipernity.com (Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨*) — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:06:56 +0000

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de ma ville

Cliousclat

nobody@ipernity.com (Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨*) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:27:54 +0000

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Village Drômois et son église

Church of the Holy Spirit (14th century).

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:53:58 +0000

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View from Pikk tänav, Tallinn.

Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society Clock

nobody@ipernity.com (Joe, Son of the Rock) — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:56:55 +0000

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Bothwell Street, Glasgow

The two Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society clocks on Bothwell Street are part of the architectural identity of the Scottish Legal Life Assurance Building, an eight‑storey 1920s landmark designed by Edward Grigg Wylie. They are not just decorative street furniture — they were conceived as symbolic bookends to the company’s headquarters and as public timepieces for Glasgow’s commercial district.

Each clock is a large, projecting, double‑sided bronze-and-enamel timepiece mounted high on the corners of the building.

They carry the full name “Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society” around the dial, with Roman numerals and gilded detailing.

Their placement at either end of the long Bothwell Street façade was deliberate: they mark the building’s scale and give it a civic presence.

They appear in multiple architectural surveys as defining features of the building’s street frontage.

Quoted from the 'theknowledgeexchangeblog.com' website

The building they belong to

Built 1927–1931, the headquarters reflected the Society’s growth from a small 1850s burial society into a major UK insurer.

The façade is clad in Northumberland stone, with carved panels representing Prudence, Thrift, and Courage.

The clocks were part of this symbolic programme — public markers of reliability and order, virtues insurers liked to project.

The building is now B‑listed and still known as the Scottish Legal Life Assurance Building.

Quoted from the 'trove.scot' website

Why there are two clocks

The building spans an unusually long street frontage (81–107 Bothwell Street).
Wylie’s design uses the clocks as visual anchors, giving symmetry and helping pedestrians orient themselves along a busy commercial street.

In the 1920s and 30s, projecting clocks were common on banks, insurance offices, and newspapers — they acted as public utilities before personal watches were universal.
These two are among the best‑preserved examples in Glasgow’s city centre.

What happened to the Society

The Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society was founded in 1852 and formally registered in 1856.

It remained headquartered in the Bothwell Street building until the 2000s.
In 2007, it was deregistered and transferred into Scottish Friendly Assurance Society.

The clocks, however, remain as architectural heritage — a reminder of the company’s century‑long presence.

Quoted from the 'Mutuals Public Register' website

Scottish Legal Life Assurance Society's Other Clock

nobody@ipernity.com (Joe, Son of the Rock) — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:56:43 +0000

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Holy Mary Lutheran Cathedral.

nobody@ipernity.com (Dimas Sequeira) — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:32:32 +0000

Dimas Sequeira has posted:

At Kiriku plats, Tallinn, but seen from Toom-Kooli tänav.

C’est l’heure

nobody@ipernity.com (Krisonteme) — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 09:00:26 +0000

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En Italie