Musical Clock at Salarjung Museum in Hyderabad
The best
visiting hour would be 10,11 & 12 … can you imagine why !?!
The Musical Clock at
the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad is one of the museum's most famous and
popular attractions. This 19th-century English bracket clock was acquired by
Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan (Salar Jung III) from Cooke and Kelvey of England and
assembled in Calcutta
The Museum famously houses
largest collection of antiques. Established in 1951,
the museum showcases over 46,000 art objects, 8,000 manuscripts, and 60,000
books.
The
clock is celebrated for its intricate mechanical "show" that happens
every hour. Minutes before every hour, a
small mechanical figure of a bearded man emerges from an enclosure. Exactly at the 60th minute, he strikes a gong
for each hour that has passed (e.g., ten times for 10 o'clock) before
retreating back inside. This video was
taken at 2 pm – so the man only strikes twice – at 10,11,12 – he could be seen longer.
Another figure, a
blacksmith, is visible inside the clock, striking a hammer for every passing
second without break. The mechanism is composed of more than 350
individual parts. In addition to the time, it features three separate dials
that display the day, date, and month. The clock also chimes every 15 minutes to mark
the quarter-hours.
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