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    Giant 'Mecca Clock' Is World's Largest

    Big Ben better watch his back: Saudi Arabia will test the world's largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Here's how it measures up.

  • Giant Mecca Clock
    Saudi Arabia will test what it is billing as the world's largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the official news agency reported Tuesday, Aug. 10. The four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers, at center rear, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia stands over a holy plaza. 
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    AP Photo / Saudi Press Agency
  • Giant Ramadan Clock
    The clock faces measure 141 x 141 feet. The tallest tower in the complex will stand as the tallest building in Saudi Arabia -- and the tallest and largest hotel in the world -- with a planned height of 1,972 feet, including a 200-foot spire.
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    AP Photo / Saudi Press Agency
  • Big Ben at Dusk
    The clock will dwarf London's Big Ben, once the largest four-faced clock in the world, with dials more than five times greater in area. Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. The clock itself first ticking in 1859. Its faces are just 23 feet in diameter, while its tower stands at a mere 316 feet.
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  • Cleaning Big Ben
    The face of Westminster Clock (otherwise known as "Big Ben") being cleaned in August, 2007.
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  • Giant Clock Face
    The four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Its faces are 151 feet in diameter and will be illuminated by 2 million LED lights along with huge Arabic script that reads "In the name of Allah."
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    AP Photo / Saudi Press Agency
  • The Second Biggest Clock
    An interior panorama of the Cevahir Shopping Center in Istanbul shows the building's ceiling, which had been the world's biggest clock -- until Saudia Arabia's Mecca clock comes online, that is.
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    Giant 'Mecca Clock' Is World's Largest

    Big Ben better watch his back: Saudi Arabia will test the world's largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Here's how it measures up.

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