News - Big Ben
LONDON, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Much has been made lately of the return to 'simple classicism' in watchmaking, but for Dent London the idea of form following function has been the foundation of the company's ethos for almost 200 years. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prne/dent/47616 The latest manifestation of that belief is the new Dent Denison, a classic, three-handed wristwatch made in the finest English tradition.
A pair of British businessmen have created a 70-foot-tall tribute to London's 150-year-old Big Ben clock from more than 500 bales of straw. Chris Sadler and Mike Harper, who have joined annually to create straw sculptures alongside the A51 road between Nantwich and Chester in England's Cheshire county, said this year's 20-ton Big Ben sculpture, which features a steel frame and a working clock that is illuminated at night, was made to honor the London landmark's 150th birthday, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. It is 150 years since Big Ben was built so we wanted to commemorate the occasion, Sadler said.
Big Ben, the world's most famous bell ringing out the hours on the world's most famous clock, celebrated its 150th anniversary Saturday in London.
Big Ben, arguably the world's most famous clock, is being spruced up after 150 years of marking time for the people of London, its keeper says.
