In these pagese we discuss the history and the recent restoration of St. Mark's Tower Clock, in Venice.
Our articles were first published on the Horological Journal.

The last clock "temperatore" (custodian), Alberto Peratoner, who lived in the Tower, wrote a critique illustrating the errors made during the repair work. The piece can be considered public domain and freely distributed but not altered in any way, to let people know how thing have gone. He also made a website on the Clock: L'Orologio della Torre.

The Maison Piaget kindly sent us some informative material, including a Technical Brief of the restoration work, which could be viewed on their web site www.venezia-torre.com. The site has been definitively closed and the domain name is now available for registration.

Giuseppe Brusa (historian), one of the authors of the restoration job, together with Alberto Gorla (clockmaker specialized in tower mechanisms), after many months, replied to our criticism on the Venetian Museums website, further increasing our doubts on the correctness of the restoration.

The final goal is to preserve the integrity of this 500 years old clock without undue modifications.

1. THE ST. MARK'S CLOCK
   Our article on the history of the clock (first published on the Horological Journal).Read more...
2. A CONTROVERSIAL RESTORATION
   Our article on the restoration of the clock (first published on the Horological Journal)Read more....
3. MR. BRUSA'S ANSWER
   As it appeared on Venetian Museums website and our reply. Read more...
4. ABERTO GORLA REPLIES BY AN ATTORNEY
   Is this the technical answer everybody was waiting for? Read more...
5. REPORT ON THE MISTAKES MADE DURING THE RESTORATION OF THE TOWER CLOCK IN ST. MARK'S SQUARE By Alberto Peratoner Read more...
6. OUR REPLY TO THE ARTICLE APPEARED ON THE ITALIAN MAGAZINE "OROLOGI" Read more...
7. THE LAST WORD? Read more...
   Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Institute and Museum of History of Science - Florence, exposes his “thoughts” on the restoration.