Cover: San Diego’s famous Jessop Street Clock, photographed here in its present location at Horton Plaza. The popular time piece celebrates its 80th Birthday this year — having originally been installed on the sidewalk in front of the family’s jewelry store at 952 Fifth Avenue. Courtesy The Hahn Company.

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/87winter/clock.htm

FOR eighty years the Jessop Street Clock has stood majestically on the sidewalks of San Diego, telling the local time in hours, minutes and seconds as well as the day of the week and the month of the year. There are 21dials in all — 12 of which tell the time in the principal locations around the world.

San Diego was a small town in 1907 when ….. [..more.. ]

FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THE JESSOP STREET CLOCK

• Height — 22 feet

• Estimated Replacement Cost — $2,000,000

• Insured Value — $1,000,000

• 1985 Restoration and Moving Cost – $40,000

• Pendulum Weight — 55 Ibs.

• Dome Weight — 1,000 Ibs.

• A 100 Ib. Weight Propels the Clock’s Movement

• The Clock is Wound Automatically by an Electric Motor Every 8 Hours

• There are Over 300 Moving Parts

• The Clock Contains 17 Jewels of Tourmaline, Agate, Topaz and Jade from the Jessop Mine on Mount Palomar

• There are 20 Dials — 12 Tell the Time of the Principal Cities of the World

• The Clock’s Movement Hangs an Additional 12 feet Below Street Level

• Time is Measured by the Hour, Minute, Second, Month, Date and Day of the Week

• Construction Time Originally Required — 15 Months

• Awarded the Gold Medal at the 1907 Sacramento State Fair

• Age — 80 Years (in 1987) …. (98 years old in 2005)

Inspiration: List of Famous Clocks