Clock Tower: How Dubai’s 61-yr-old landmark keeps ticking

Clock Tower: How Dubai’s 61-yr-old landmark keeps ticking

It may well be the oldest landmark in Dubai, but the Deira Clock Tower is powered by the latest technology. It features a high-tech dial and the internal machine is fitted with GPS sensors. The machine’s sensors ensure extreme accuracy and no manual operation is required to change the time. The timepiece is managed by leading watch brand Omega. The brand has been the timekeeper of the clock tower since 2010. The Deira Clock Tower was the first internationally noted construction of Dubai and it has been ticking for more than 61 years now. A Pakistani expat, Atiq Ahmed, who came to Dubai in the 1970s, said every time he sees the clock tower, it's like going back in time. “The tower symbolises Dubai’s transformation into the world’s best city in no time and we have witnessed that.” Back in the 60s and 70s, when there were no skyscrapers dotting the Dubai skyline, the clock tower could be seen from afar. “Like how the Burj Khalifa can be seen from any part of Dubai now, it was the clock tower then,” he said. The tower was erected in 1963 to celebrate the emirate's first oil exports and has served as