In implementation of the order of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud for the establishment of Project of Makkah Clock , the experimental operation of Makkah Clock will start in the first week of the blessed month of Ramadan and the project will be fully finalized after three months of the operation. Makkah Clock will be the largest clock tower in the world. It has been developed by pioneering engineers from Germany and Switzerland along with a team of specialists from Europe and around the world. The overall height of the clock tower is 601 meters and the clock height from its base to the highest point is 251 meters. The tower will be the tallest in the world. It can be viewed from a distance of seven kilometers. The clock will stand on the fifth tower of King Abdulaziz Endowment Project facing the Holy Mosque of Makkah. The tower housing the clock is being built in a peculiar Islamic style of architecture. The clock will have four faces - one in each direction. Two of the clocks will be 80 meters tall, 65meters wide and 39meters in diameter. The Name of Allah will be inscribed on each of the four clock faces. The other two clocks will be 65 meters tall, 43 meters wide and 25 meters in diameter. Two lifts will carry visitors to a five-meter balcony below the clocks. The landmark edifice will also carry intricate Islamic decorative artworks.
