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Canary Wharf in London has a installation of six Swiss railway clocks which, invisible to most people passing by, has a clever way of synchronising. https://ww

Canary Wharf in London has a installation of six Swiss railway clocks which, invisible to most people passing by, has a clever way of synchronising. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/see-londons-six-swiss-railway-clocks-11962/ https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/see-londons-six-swiss-r... > The second hand takes 58.5 seconds to rotate around by 59 seconds, then the second hand pauses. It waits until a nationwide pulse is sent to every Swiss railway clock that a minute has passed, then the clock jumps to the minute and carries on for another 58.5 seconds.

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