The Biggest Floral Clock...

November 18, 2014 at 5:15am we arrive at the site to where the largest clock movement in the Philippines will be installed. Here you can see the clock movement painted in black while the hands still wrapped but ready to be installed.

THE BIGGEST FLORAL CLOCK...

In year 2000 I was doing many tests and experiments hoping that someday I may be able to make electronic circuit like this one. Learned that this small ladies watch caliber ETA 978.001 with 32,768hz quartz oscillator has plenty of semiconductors inside its IC that divide it 15 times and come up with one second divide it further and it has 0.05 or every 20 seconds intervals of motor pulses. One advantage is energy efficiency compared to 3-hands watch movement. Here in the second picture I have done it. I have designed this circuit to have motor pulses of every 30 seconds intervals using also a quartz oscillator as time base and running at +2 to 5 minutes per year. Watch for it how it will move big hands weighing approximately 130 kilos. Now my circuit is ready for action. The 14-meter wide dial is now getting its shape...

THE BIGGEST FLORAL CLOCK IN THE PHILIPPINES

I am working now with my floral clock sized 14-meters in diameter to be installed in the northern part of the Philippines. Using my own design of clock movement with only two active parts to run as a clock- the hour and minute wheels only driven by two separate motors controlled digitally by microcontroller IC. See how its getting shape. This is where the clock movement is going to be mounted. imageanchor="1" > The place for my master control and the speaker box because it has electronic chime. Watch for more development, thanks.

THE SAN BARTOLOME ARCH CLOCK

It's been a long rest for us since we last installed the 2-meter wide tower clock of San Antonio Plaza Arcade in Mckinley Makati one year ago. Now, last May 2, 2014 another clock were installed in Malabon City at the newly built Arch of San Bartolome Parish Church as part of the renovation for their quadricentennial celebrations on May 17. It's another successful installation done by the Big Tic with the help of my artist Ka Rogie a deacon and Ka Mark a member of Scan. Please see the pictures, thank you. On April 30, 2014, the day when we started installing the clock we were not able to install the clock completely, only the dial with motor was installed and rescheduled the mounting of the master control panel because the cement is not dried enough to hold the panel. We came back on May 2, 2014 and completed the job. Another successful job by Le Arsi of Big Tic Clockmaker

The San Antonio Plaza Arcade Tower Clock by Big Tic Tower Clockmaker (arsiclock@yahoo.com)

           Just recently, we have finished installing the tower clock commissioned to us by the Ayala Land, Inc. The size is 2 meters in diameter with LED back lighting. But we have this story that my future clients should know, please read...

          In March of 2012, I was contacted by  an architect from the Ayala Land Inc. and requested a quotation for a 2-meter wide tower clock with back lighting. We went to their office and presented to them our design and its quote. We had some corrections suggested by them to suit their needs. But somehow the negotiation did not pushed through and silence there is between us until in February 2013 they emailed me again requesting for a renewed quotation for the said clock project. They also requested me to visit the site because the tower is already completed. Upon seeing the tower I was shocked... there is a clock installed at the tower but not working. There, they admitted they had committed a big mistake in entering contract with another company advertised in the internet who installed the clock. Please see the picture below.

          This is the clock that these other company installed. It's not working and will never work because the hands are too heavy for the small clock mechanism they used. The construction of the hands as well as the clock's housing were not designed to counter the force of strong winds and or typhoons. And the most shocking discovery upon seeing the inside of the crippled clock,  the user or the Ayala Land Inc. would have to climb up the tower every time they want to set the hands for time corrections! These brings me to a conclusion that this company who has an eye catching advertisement in the internet is not a tower clock maker.
           Now, here is my replacement in the making, the Le Arsi Tower Clock by Big Tic. (Le Arsi comes from my name in reverse).

          As you can see the markers and the rings are 1/4" embossed not stickers. And the dial is detachable in 4 pieces to give access in LED lights in future maintenance. The hands are reinforced with steel bars in scaffold to withstand even super typhoons. And most of all the clock has its master control with several switches to perform such as time corrections, setting the hands forward or backward, etc. This master control is located just below the tower accessible to maintenance people for easy operation with a small pilot minute hand at the back of the clock inside the tower to serve as convenient monitor during setting of the hands . The clock mechanism as well as the master control is 100% Filipino made. The over-all thickness of the clock is 5" compared to the crippled clock which is 12" thick.

      Now, in this picture preparing the clock for the lift of more than 50 kilos.

Now installed and being retouched by my artist Ka Rogie Total.

           This is the San Antonio Plaza Arcade Tower Clock in McKinley Road near Edsa,  Makati City. Thank you for reading my blog. arsiclock@yahoo.com 0916-5522442, 0905-4947625  

Tower Clockmaker Philippines 2-Dial Post Clock installed at Tigaon, Cam. Sur

First time that we made a square tower clock installed at Tigaon Cam Sur.

Tower Clockmaker Philippines: Installation for Vigan Cathedral

This is another tower clock designed for the Vigan Cathedral in Ilocos Sur ready for installation.

Below, being installed with my 3 co-workers: ka rogie, ka rey and ka jerry (bugak)

NOW INSTALLED!