I miss that clock, here in England, its very hard to say goodbye to it for 4 years, I'm used to it ringing everyday that i go to work, its been there since i was a baby, and i really was annoyed by it when i would go to school, but i learned to love it, i really wish it would be fixed this year, I miss my favorite clock!!

@speedbitgaming4124

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you saying thats its been there since you were a baby Its been there since 1859

@axion1794

2 жыл бұрын

@@speedbitgaming4124 they mean that that it was there even when they were a baby

@Mike8981

Жыл бұрын

Don’t despair! It’s the future now and all is well!

@DrewBrees7249

Жыл бұрын

@@speedbitgaming4124 Man you dont know a figure of speech

@lukestoner8884

Жыл бұрын

They said they'll be down around mid 2023.

i'm american and I visited London. I love the city it has that ancient feel to it, and I loved every bit of it! from the tower of London to the buses, Its a time capsule that needs to be chariest. America would have destoried the clock years ago, just for it being old.

@lhoney309

8 жыл бұрын

I know right! (I'm from Britain though) I love going to London and it wouldn't have the same feel if it was too modernised. (btw I go to america every 2 years and I can't get enough of it!). 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

@fay-amieaspen6046

6 жыл бұрын

xXShargiaArtsXx Indeed, London, it's Palace, Tower, Bridge and Cathedral of Westminster, as well as all it's other great historical buildings and Landmarks need to be Cherished! The bell known as Big Ben, is the largest ever cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in it's considerably long history of over 500 years, it's the oldest business in England. They've closed the doors on the original location and have planned to relocate, but the good thing about the Grade listing process of buildings is that once given Grade I or Grade II status such as the Foundry has been granted, it means that the building cannot be demolished or destroyed or modified by modernisation, so beautifully retains its original features and appearance and prominence in history and that's something no one can put a price on, regardless of nationality. I'd like to think that many Americans, have a pride in historical status and the sanctity thereof, and appreciate the beauty of the landscape, the monuments, ruins, great buildings, stately homes, castles, palaces, of England and Great Britain. There's plenty of them still, and many organisations, individuals (myself included) and charities dedicated to maintaining and preserving them for all time. And of course discovering the remains and locations of those that are lost.

@kyleelloydxx8131

4 жыл бұрын

Hey wolf

@arrow4749

4 жыл бұрын

“Ancient” yeah Big Ben isn’t even 150 years old

@stevenscummy1458

2 жыл бұрын

@@arrow4749 Yeah ancient is definitely the wrong word to use lol, but London is a definitely a place with some wonderful old architecture

May Big Ben chime, toll and ring forever!

@wwyattsr

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed mate

@millieoconaill6954

6 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@MrMsdeendeen

4 жыл бұрын

Well now it’s in repair! That’s really sad but it’s fine

All hail the geniuses who built this clockwork !!!!!

@Saturnares

5 жыл бұрын

except for that this video is talking about how the clockwork is outdated..

@alexplayz4488

4 жыл бұрын

Ugh im out

I've planted a tree next to Big Ben back in '07 and always visit it whenever I'm in London!!

@lemonmarinade3820

6 жыл бұрын

You mean on the side with the clock tower and Big Ben? 'Cause I have a Lego set, and it's only got the part with the clock tower. There's a tree next to one of the doors. Is that it?

@caramelthecat3128

6 жыл бұрын

You mean next to Elizabeth Tower Big Ben is the bell that chimes on the hour

NNNOOOOO!!!! I DON'T LIVE IN LONDON BUT I STILL LOVE BIG BEN!!!!!!

@yuridbch

4 жыл бұрын

I know same!

@joleneingles

3 жыл бұрын

@Simons Big Ben is being restored right now and will be chiming again in 2021 which is next year! This comment is in 2020.

@theostillplays

3 жыл бұрын

I live in London and it’s just been boring without big ben

the Elizabeth tower and big ben are so much to us Brits. look! it even survived the blitz! even if it didn't work anymore, our future generations wouldn't have the same spirit.you have a real surge of excitement when your stuck in boring traffic and you hear it go off. I'm only 11 but I know for sure that it's something special. I go to London a lot and I'm in love with its history. so many things to learn about it! it would be a real shame if it went. I was really excited because i saw it when I went to the houses of parliament a few years back with a few people i did a marathon with. (the view was spectacular) we heard it every hour and we were so excited. I've always been a true Brit and proud of it.

@j.amart.6893

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly although one clock face blew up during the blitz by the germans

I don't see what's wrong with Big Ben. They can change a couple of mechs and reinforce the shot bearings/ replace. They don't have to tear the whole tower down.

@dougmontgomery1868

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah...you don't throw out the baby with the washwater!

@vibraphonics

7 жыл бұрын

DWMCFan Productions They're not tearing the tower down, but the clock and bells will be out of action for a couple of years

@suninthebluesky8531

7 жыл бұрын

I did some research and they're making improvements, such as an elevator, new mechanism, and the things mentioned above.

@johnkathleen8907

7 жыл бұрын

Tim James g

@1wjc

7 жыл бұрын

DWMCFan Productions I

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

@miki-pf4um

7 жыл бұрын

Doug Montgomery bn. B xd d

@HJPhotographer

7 жыл бұрын

Doug Montgomery

@Jimmy-lm2eg

7 жыл бұрын

Doug Montgomery FIX IT BIG BEN!

@dougmontgomery1868

7 жыл бұрын

Nope.

@viralcarjumps1178

7 жыл бұрын

Doug Montgomery Or, in this case, If it ain't broke, don't break it even more

sadly modern technology and culture is taking over the uk. just like they said, the red telephone booths are no longer used, double decker buses are more modern, classic black cabs are replaced by Uber, and so on and so forth. why does history have to be ruined.

@Tsumefan2

7 жыл бұрын

no i love the red telephone booths!!

@rafaelgurrola-rio9629

6 жыл бұрын

the fact that black cabs are being taken over by uber is a good thing because the black cabs are REALLY expensive. I should know cuz im a Londoner

@simonslindsey

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Bui it's sad but the government is in control. :(

@minecraftgamez4791

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Bui Pretty much the phone booths are just used for wifi purposes and decoration.

@davidbrown8303

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Bui is that your sister in your saved videos ?

The Elizabeth Tower is everything to the city. We cant let her stop.

@thepoet9253

7 жыл бұрын

London would kill somebody for trying to tear that tower down. They are going to revamp her due to her lean anyways so I see no reason why she can't get this fixed to... I LOVE YOU ELIZABETH TOWER!

@millieoconaill6954

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, i sure do love it! Its a beautiful touch, and helping me remeber my favorite clock.

All over 6 seconds? Seriously?

@scarecrowmedia1151

8 жыл бұрын

I know right, it's just 6 SECONDS.

@jacobholmes7473

8 жыл бұрын

My grandpa used to work there and a 4/10 of a millisecond can REALLY BE BAD IN THE FUTURE!!!!! It may not work properly ever again if it's like that. The mechanism can mess up.

@Bizarre-Daniel

7 жыл бұрын

Dude the clock is supposed to be within 1 second

@jamescollins6085

7 жыл бұрын

ScarecrowMedia When it was built it was within 2 seconds per week.

@gamingboss5224

6 жыл бұрын

It’s no laughing matter Big Ben must at all times be accurate you don’t understand how important the clock really is

Keep big Ben how it is if it breaks build it the same but keep those old bricks and send 1 to the museum but do not destroy it my grandfather died making it

@mrmolotok5934

6 жыл бұрын

goodness! They must never destroy big Ben!

@stephensnell1379

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrmolotok5934 it has been quiet for 4 years to get repaired as other KZread videos mention it would fall down if that was never done

London without Big Ben is like Paris without the Eiffel Tower.

@stephensnell1379

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly true

As usual, America's media workin on a fear/terror basis.

@aaronquevedo9099

8 жыл бұрын

?????????

@Alagboriel

8 жыл бұрын

Aaron Quevedo Meaning that the title is misleading.

@heccshoot

7 жыл бұрын

its called clickbait. more interesting titles = more ad revenue

@owen9563

6 жыл бұрын

Yea, we do that alot don't we?

@jasper24601

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s like an action film. “Big Ben has chimed out the hours for 156... years or has it!?”

I hope it doesn't change too much. It's a beautiful tower. But if it has to happen I suppose that's it. It'll still be there at least. The clock tower on my college campus has stopped chiming as regularly in the last few years. I miss the chimes. It always cheered me up.

Excuse me, but I just choked at the blasé tone of the American presenter saying that it'd be a pity if Big Ben wasn't there or the Tower itself. What a cheek! Sound like he was downplaying and disrespecting the importance and marvel of the wonderful Bell, clock and architecture of the tower in which it's housed. I'm Proud of London, proud of the Palace and Tower of Westminster, and the Cathedral of course, proud of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry that cast the Great Bell we all lovingly know as Big Ben. Londoners, tourists and people from all over the world love the tower, the clock and the beautiful bells that chime within. Sure it may be a few seconds slow, and need regular monitoring, but it's kept time since 1859 so it's not going to stop anytime soon is it? Too much money and effort would be put into keeping it running and in repair and the tower too!

As an american, I love old clocks. I can only hope that they're cleaning, oiling and rebushing the old movement and keeping it in place and as original as possible because this clock means everything to the brits, hell it means a lot to me even and any kind of modernization would ruin the charm and authenticity of this clock.

I hope and believe the repairs done to the clock tower in recent months and years will negate this video, not that it`s a bad now. It shows what was needed to the clock five years ago, I`m just saying that the repairs done to the clock, and bell, and tower, etc. will show this video is old news. As a proud Brit, I`m proud of that great clock and am glad the recent works took so darned long. Everything worth the time is worth waiting for!!

My favorite clock in the world and I'm from the US! Everything is turning modern and they better not turn The Elizabeth Tower and Big Ben digital! It's a sad sight to see things from history go and be replaced by modern technology. I'd love to visit London one day and just take everything in and of course I'd make sure to see the tower and hear the chimes as well. Time to make additions to my bucket list!

Well sadly she has stopped and I'm happy I got to hear her last chime for 4 years.

Fun Fact: Big Ben is NOT in America. It is in fact in the United Kingdom, in the capital city of London!

@stephensnell1379

3 жыл бұрын

We all know that

@Greenpoloboy3

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephensnell1379 wow! 4 year old comment! Thanks for reading it. It was not as well known back then as it is now

I seen that clock tower an its building up close an it looks magical !

@josh8395

8 жыл бұрын

going tomoz

Theres two things that I've read about Elizabeth Tower, I was recently looking up its history because I'm a huge fan of clock towers/chimes! #1, I read that 11 years ago back in May of 05 it froze at 10:07pm possibly due to hot weather! It continued but it froze again 13 minutes later at 10:20pm, supposedly it was due to unseasonably warm temperatures 90 degrees! I don't get how hot weather can stop a clock from running, it happened on May 27th, 2005! Usually in late May just before June is when the weather starts getting warm, unless its different in the UK! I'm from Long Island, been here all my life! And #2 many years ago on the night of June 3rd into the morning of June 4th the clock stopped at 10:13pm due to someone dropping a hammer into the works and it wasn't reactivated until the following morning at 10:13am, thats another thing that made me scratch my head! Why would you stop a clock for a full 12 hours for something that sounded relatively simple? But then again, they have their reasons! But Big Ben (the chimes) has always been fascinating to hear, Elizabeth Tower is a beautiful building! Like I said, I'm a huge fan of clock towers/chimes! I really hope to make it out to the UK one day to see Elizabeth Tower and hear the chimes in person, that wold be a smashing good experience!

@Magicking788

7 жыл бұрын

Most likely, thats a good point! I never thought of that, that might've been what happened!

@ffinianhe

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks ;)

@Magicking788

7 жыл бұрын

Anytime ;D

@kaelandin

7 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of periods?

@justnotright0126

7 жыл бұрын

Magicking788 I HAVE SEEN BIG BEN CHIME BECAUSE I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO IT

Republic of Pedantry here, Big Ben is not the tower or the clock. It is the great bell which tolls the hour. It weighs in at about 13 tons and must have been an amazing labor to get it placed up there. Edit: Spelling.

@stephensnell1379

3 жыл бұрын

Wrong,it weighs 13.5 tons

Big Ben makes my new year as I love watching the fire works coming from it

they stopped the chimes for 4 years for repair of the clock tower until last year when it began to work again . i think they can fix it . by the way big ben is the bell not the clock . mobile phones have removed phone boxes all over the world , same here in Dublin Ireland

You can't get rid of historic figures to replace it with something else.

The clock is NOT called Big Ben!

@imtheman9303

7 жыл бұрын

Q Marr

@petemarr824

7 жыл бұрын

Eh?

@HJPhotographer

7 жыл бұрын

Pete Marr

@renegadeoflife87

7 жыл бұрын

Yep! Big Ben is just the hour bell, not the entire clockwork. Of course people often call the whole thing big ben.

@dougmontgomery1868

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's simpler that way.

A couple years before that, while I was visiting there, I looked at my watch and noticed that it was 3.4 seconds fast, but I didn't say anything. I am from the US, and I can tell you, Americans love, or at the very least, like this clock too.

"A process that could take years". I'm a time traveller from 2022. It's done guys, piece of cake.

It will not have to be rebuilt...its the clock machinery that would have to be replaced. As for the buses they needed modernisation and black cabs will never dissapear in London there are literally tens of thousands of them.

@lhoney309

8 жыл бұрын

ikr what is up with people saying we don't have any black cabs! there are too many! the I want the phone boxes gone, they smell GROSS

The Elizabeth tower isn't being tore down it's just the tower is old and it has cracks in it and it need repair from it collapsing. Big Ben is ok but the clock and the clock hands need repair due to being exposed oxidation for 160 years.

I'm sure each of the four clock dial mechanisms could be disconnected and serviced independently, without interrupting the clock and the other three dials.

The tower is leaning slightly. it always has . But the lean is barely noticeable unless you stand far enough away . The tower could use some repair .

Americans love to be negative about the British, our ways values and our heritage they are so shallow! Big Ben will what ever always be there it's part of our symbolic london life If anything happens to it we will rebuild it's a symbol to london and the world that we will continue regardless and in dignity and pride

@oni3858

7 жыл бұрын

Ukboy Uk ...you know I could say just the same about your home right

@nickfytb

6 жыл бұрын

I feel offended and I’m American not all of us is like that

@firefighters540

6 жыл бұрын

Kinda intolerant to Generalize Americans as all hating British Culture. Many of us love it, My Grandmother is from England so a part of England is held dear to my Blood.

Big Ben ain't the clock, y'all...it's the bell. :-)

Even as an American I would feel a loss. I imagine it would be like losing the Statue of Liberty for us, or the Eiffel Tower for the French. It's an English icon.

Two years later the thing still stands.

I'm not English but I love Big Ben, to not have it standing in London would be catastrophic!!

last reports the whole clock mechanism is being overhauled and the whole clock tower getting restored from the top down and a lift installed for quick access to the floor to the bellfry it said the big ben's bell is only rung for new years and other events but silenced to protect workers hearing when the work is completed it says Big Ben will be chiming and striking again in 2021. its the worlds famous clock tower in London the Houses of Parlament UK or Palace of Westminster where the westminster chimes originate.

I'm pretty sure people won't care if a bong is a couple of seconds off piste...

If I lived in England I would not want Robbie woken up at 3: AM every night just cause the clock played

@stephensnell1379

3 жыл бұрын

Well if you were in London you'd have to face it

What do you expect from Big Ben when it's almost 160 years old? By the way, Big Ben has been renamed to the 'Elizabeth Tower'.

@lodgin

7 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was ever named Big Ben, as that was just the name of the largest bell.

@MahiTanMazy

6 жыл бұрын

It's still called Big Ben by most people. It was officially named the 'Clock Tower', and has officially been renamed as the 'Elizabeth Tower', but most people will identify it with its nick name,

@movedtojustapigeon3343

6 жыл бұрын

DavetGames 'Elizabeth Tower' in your words, was never called Big Ben in the first place. It's called Westminster clock tower. Big Ben is the bell inside the tower

When they do renovations, they should replace the bell with a new, much louder one.

@stephensnell1379

3 жыл бұрын

That would prove too dangerous ⚠️ It would cause hearing loss and the Big Ben Bell in the Bell tower is 13.5 tonnes and has a sound level of 118 decibels (118 decibels is 3 decibels beyond the threshold for the human ears which cannot handle sound louder than 115 decibels so it would cause physical pain too)

So that's why they're renovating it.

Oh for crissake, a brand-new Rolex Submariner mechanical chronometer is off by more than six seconds after a few months; in any case, I didn't notice a second sweep hand on the face of 'Big Ben".

Big Ben is the name of the bell..I was born and bred in London.but not within sight or sound of the bell or tower,but I'm so familiar with it and we see and hear it on the news every single night,it's become part of the national conscious,most Londoners would agree indeed even most English people would agree,we love Big Ben and the Tower he's the Old Man of London..and the whole Nation

Leave big Ben alone, you touch that clock beyond restoring it you will have rebellion and blood in the streets.

@stephensnell1379

3 жыл бұрын

It would fall apart without repairs so it got silenced for repairs to be done on it 4 years ago

6 seconds isn't that big of a deal. Struggling to think of someone in a time-critical position who keeps time with a clock tower, lol. It still sounds pleasant and looks good.

@MrScoopoo10

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Smith I think it’s also leaning

I am an Algerian old greeting to you and I am watching the video

Hello, air conditioning or a dehumidifier? Of course the Brits can't take a dump without a committee.

They did chime on New Year’s Day 2019

Lol its just going into repairs for a couple years it still chimes on special occations

I don’t even live in London, haven’t even been. I want to go VERY bad just to see this clock. We have phones, and many many many many many other clocks around there. Oh no, it was 6 seconds off! We need to rebuild it!!! Stupid. I don’t care how off it is, you can still tell time. It is an antique and it should be kept that way.

of course it's unpredictable occasionally, temperamental and old. it's British.

@PaulZink

8 жыл бұрын

+matthew hare Just like my MGB roadster. ;-)

@matthumphrey8774

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Their weather is the weather you would always want to have on a Christmas morning

They should replace it with a giant talking clock and get rid of the ding.

And the irony is it has been recently restored.

The clock ain't called Big Ben it's called The Elizabeth Tower the bell is called Big Ben

Stay strong UK, kept your old tradition away from going extinct. It pride and jewel that makes the world reveal you the most.

Wow. I hope they manage to fix it and don't rebuild it! That's probably one of biggest icons of London.

Never shut it down!!!! I love this place!! Born and bread British!!!!!!

After today January 16th 2022 it looks like it’s the last we’ll see of Big Ben it’s the end of a era and we’ll see him in Canton

2:20 One clock its not the one clock.

It's just the same time delay as a vine,,,

I've found a KZread video called Big Ben Is back. When I watched the video, The Clock was chiming again. 0:17 February 13 2022

Beautiful big ben

@lhoney309

8 жыл бұрын

AHEM*Elizabethtower*AHEM

The next time it rings out it will be a call to prayer

Geez...you Yanks always distort things, it's not temperamental, it's accurate and reliable and it's only suffered the odd breakdown...what do you expect it's nearly 160 years old! Of course it'll take lots of money to restore...nothing's cheap anywhere these days...

@CaptainX2012

3 жыл бұрын

I know. For such an old clock to only lose 6 seconds a week is miraculous.

Now big ben doesn't chime, only at new year. And is covered in scaffolding. Being renovated for 2021. X

Mabye they should replace the hands and bearings and then install a device that will monitor the temperature and Mabye install an air conditioning system to keep the clock room cool.

2021 and soon the clock will chime for 2022.

don't tear it down ffs. it won't be the same if it's rebuilt!

@tomasburns6406

7 жыл бұрын

Lexiiiiii Lou they won't tear it down. nobody here in the uk has suggested that ffs

it also the central icon to the new years display. titanium firworks. they work hard to frame it with pyro

Well, this hasn't aged well as a report, has it! I know it is 5 years old, but the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben is just the bell, and not the clock or the tower) has been undergoing massive restoration works for several years now, and has never been under any real threat. That's a few minutes of my life Ill never get back.

Awesome 🤗

The Brits always have a way of putting things! God forbid it should go digital!

The guy is 156 years old give him a break.

At the start of it shown BBC News with bongs. Only ITV News do that..,

@marvintpandroid2213

7 жыл бұрын

The 6 pm and midnight BBC Radio 4 news programs use the sound of Big Ben, are you proud of your alternative facts?

wow a whole 6 secends...I have seen watches be 7 mins off

Can everybody stop calling this clock long time ago names? ITS CALLED BOG BEN AND they named it so you can’t name it something else! It’s Big Ben

Did someone poop on my desk?

Six seconds off? Oh no, the horror.

5 years ago

Big Ben is tired... It just needs a break... A face lift and a bit of TLC. It cant be removed... Its part of the Houses of Parliament and is historical. Its been there for decades... And with love it will see many more

thaks my old frend bigben

Okay US, you don't quite understand us over here, we're not gunna complain about a 6 second out of time clock, we have bigger problems like 99p sausage rolls.

It makes me proud to be British. Best British Landmark.

why is it that people blow simple fixes and preventive maintenance out of proportion, with outlandish time and over estimated costs. These are simple mechanic. and should not be a major issue , man up and get the job done.

Americans think this is no big deal that is 6 seconds off. But I can confirm London is weird. Us Londoners always get upset by this sort of thing. We're a bit old fashioned like this lmao. Personally I wouldn't mind the thing going digital but the old men running Windows 98 would rather puke.

The ALX400 is a much loved model. Uber is being threatened by the black cabs after being kicked out of London and York and the red telephone boxes now house defibrillators or are still in use.

What's with all the Big Ben bashing in the media lately? London Has Fallen, Independence Day 2... Posters of Big Ben Exploding. What's up with that?

@TravisTouchdown4Smash

8 жыл бұрын

Not to mention V for Vendetta

@Strangething90

7 жыл бұрын

1 year late and all but anyway... it's the most recognisable London and perhaps British landmark , it's a bit like when all the american landmarks like the white house get blown up in disaster films. They could show wembley stadium getting blown up but outside of britain it would hardly be recognised.

I think they mean the mechanism of the clock itself not the tower

The Big Ben is practicly the clock of Great Britain

They just be hatin, but never stop the clock!(not forever at least)

it needs a tune up

It would not be the same with out big ben

2:33…you can add Queen Elizabeth to the mix

I want to live in London