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(SOUNDBITE) (English) BIG BEN CLOCK MECHANIC, ALEX JEFFREY, SAYING: "There's a thousand parts in total - more than. The entire clock, including everything - weights, hammer work, cranks, to the better ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (AFP via Getty Images) Engineers were drafted in to fix Westminster's famous Big Ben clock after it stopped on Wednesday morning.

We aren’t ashamed to admit it, but we like clocks. We’ve built quite a few and clock projects show up regularly in the pages of Hackaday. But there is one clock that is among the most famous in the ...

Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster in central London on September 6th, 2021. BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images Big Ben, the iconic clock tower that’s defined the London skyline for generations, has ...