Probably the building owners don’t want to spend the money keeping it correct. I mean, this is the same building owners that wanted to remove the stained glass around the outside ground floor to allow more “advertising space” for stores with mezzanine areas.
Nimbusrider on
I work in the QVB directly next to one of the clocks and they never have worked.
I think they’re just old and need a lot of maintenance to keep them functioning. The QVB managers (who are 50% foreign owned) may not have an interest in funding expensive repairs when the QVB hasn’t been insanely profitable in the last years since the metro opened.
Cadder on
Someone forgot to wind it.
sljxuoxada on
It’s right twice a day.
deaniebopper on
There is a tiny pool of horologists in NSW allowed to work with heritage clocks and even the QVB has to wait its turn.
BeligaPadela on
The Monarchy is known to be a bit behind the times..
Bright_Zone_8947 on
You know what really grinds my gears
tinmun on
They’re mechanical, so you have to keep them in time from time to time. also people in charge usually don’t know when it’s off, let them know!
ThunderDwn on
Do you know how hard it is to climb up there to wind them? Man!
pleski on
Never noticed. I try to avert my eyes whenever I walk through that building.
AlternativeBoot6706 on
It must be a mechanical clock that requires winding every couple of days.
just_brash on
Because it’s analogue, not connected to a server somewhere.
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Probably the building owners don’t want to spend the money keeping it correct. I mean, this is the same building owners that wanted to remove the stained glass around the outside ground floor to allow more “advertising space” for stores with mezzanine areas.
I work in the QVB directly next to one of the clocks and they never have worked.
I think they’re just old and need a lot of maintenance to keep them functioning. The QVB managers (who are 50% foreign owned) may not have an interest in funding expensive repairs when the QVB hasn’t been insanely profitable in the last years since the metro opened.
Someone forgot to wind it.
It’s right twice a day.
There is a tiny pool of horologists in NSW allowed to work with heritage clocks and even the QVB has to wait its turn.
The Monarchy is known to be a bit behind the times..
You know what really grinds my gears
They’re mechanical, so you have to keep them in time from time to time. also people in charge usually don’t know when it’s off, let them know!
Do you know how hard it is to climb up there to wind them? Man!
Never noticed. I try to avert my eyes whenever I walk through that building.
It must be a mechanical clock that requires winding every couple of days.
Because it’s analogue, not connected to a server somewhere.
Time is just a construct bro.
30 years ago it was stuck by lightning