Ticktock, time for historic clock checkup
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Two parts of the 91-year-old Shanghai Customs House clock on the Bund have been sent to the UK for examination.
A plan for the clock鈥檚 complete overhaul is being evaluated and the next step will be taken once its original maker reports.
It still chimes every 15 minutes because of a GPS system that allows it to operate as an 鈥渆lectronic clock鈥 during the checkup.
The clock, a city landmark, has heralded generations of Shanghainese with its loud quarter-hour chime since it began operating on New Year鈥檚 Day of 1928. It was designed and built by British clockmaker J.B. Joyce & Co.
However, last year, the clock started to have issues which prevented it from functioning normally, and sometimes it stopped ticking.
A popular tourist attraction on the Bund, the Shanghai Customs House on Zhongshan Road E1. is 36.2 meters high with a 43-meter clock tower. On the ceiling of the ground floor lobby, there are eight mosaic sailing boat frescoes made of tens of thousands of colored pieces.
The clock tower has four floors and the machinery floor is considered its 鈥渉eart.鈥 Hundreds of connecting gears drive the clock and three wire ropes tie up with three huge strikers.
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