March 30, this Sunday morning, is expected Time changeWhich Spain goes to the summer table. In 2.00 hours it will be 3.00 hours, each New Year’s Eve, except for an identification clock, we are saying goodbye to the year: One of the sun’s threshold From Madrid.
In the coming weeks of the well -known Madrid Square, there will be a mild time to mark the time, as this clock has been paralyzed since Wednesday Safety work They are carried out in their mechanism.
As described this week, Madrid’s community, about it Overstime of The last 30 years. A good part of their pieces, such as needles, gears, pine nuts and hours and axes, is already divided. In fact, the clock last week stopped sounding due to these works.
The action has been added Occasional study of review Watch makers responsible for their maintenance. One of them Jessus Lopez TerradasIn an interview at the Europa Press, he explained that the pieces of this symbol of the beads were separated and taken from their usual place in 1996.
According to the clock mechanism, hidden behind the mutter that can be seen from the square, it must be interfered with To avoid “such wingspan clothes” It would be unusable. “It’s so simple. When a machine is not stopped 30 years, when it is thrown day and night, you have to wear it. You have to clean it,” said the watchmaker.
This bracket has now been made after being found “The clock is already underway, just a little, Loses strength“So cleaning this mechanism is beyond the aesthetic problems, because this will allow you to continue to provide time.
Unlike the restructuring in 1996, the clock was completely removed and transferred to the outdoor workshop when the building was in operation, this method would be. Faster and less aggressive. “It was very worn,” the Watchmaker recalled.
In that intervention, preferably had The combined reorganization of the buildingThis allowed the clock to be extracting and adjustment before turning the clock to its original location.
Now, the strategy is different The instruction is not completely changed. In this case, only a few elements, such as the sonarity system of the rooms, have been taken to the workshop, and the remaining tasks are done on the site.
The final assembly and restoration of the movement will end Repetition Rooms and hours. As Lopez stated, “between some things and others, the needles will only stop for a week.”