This isn’t the better known clock on the front of the former Skopje railway station building, but it shares the same time of 05:17 which is when the earthquake hit the city on 26 July 1963, killing over 1,000 people. This clock was located in the front desk hall of the railway station and was produced by Siemens in 1938 ready for the newly redesigned building. Under normal circumstances, it would probably have disappeared without ceremony, either thrown away, reused somewhere else or quietly lost in the sort of municipal storage arrangement from which objects rarely return.
As I have far too much imagination at times, I stood in the museum wondering how many people looked at this clock and were annoyed that they have missed their train. I’m fortunate to not have more things to worry about I think…..