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A VETERAN TIMEKEEPER

What is probably the world’s oldest working clock celebrates (relates the ‘Daily Chronicle’) its 535th birthday this week. No one knows the exact date, as the records have been lost. This timepiece will be familiar to thousands of ex-service men, since it is the Grosse Horloge at Rouen. It has been going ever since it was completed, and in all that time has only had one repair, the fitting of a new pendulum. A recent report on its condition states that hardly any signs of wear arc apparent, and that it is good for another five centuries. Jehan de Falais, who built it, was paid only £7O for his work, but in the fourteenth century this was a small fortune. The old clock has witnessed some memorable scenes. Only forty years after its completion its chimes were beard by Joan of Arc, who met her death a few yards away.

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Evening Star, Issue 19412, 22 November 1926, Page 13

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A VETERAN TIMEKEEPER Evening Star, Issue 19412, 22 November 1926, Page 13

A VETERAN TIMEKEEPER Evening Star, Issue 19412, 22 November 1926, Page 13

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