THE MOST COMPLICATED CLOCK IN THE WORLD TO READ
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- This is the famous Astronomical Clock in Prague. It's more than 600 years old and very hard to read. But not that much if you have a guide to explain the clock for you... 🤗
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#HonestGuide, The day in the year is: stus - Davida kråle (Wednesday) December 30, 2020 at 17:15 (5:15 P.M.)
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You forgot the star date :-D
Jesus is great
Yes, yes, and another hand shows the price of the trdelnik in the square. 😂😂😂
Actually one of them reminds you of the genuine exchange rate
And there is also a list of people who donated to impaired buddhist monks with coloured pigeons, mentioning also how much they gave them in czech crowns and belarus rubels.
@@peterk.6093 And of the "deaf" "donation" scammers
i dont know why do people find funny the trdelník prices 1 alright it´s expensive but talking about it again and again isn´t funny and belive it or on but czech people that come to look to the prague shop it too
@@madrider4114 I wasn't commenting on the price. I meant that on the clock very many things are shown even such very "traditional" thing as this pastry.
A year timelapse of the astronomical clock would be awesome! Please, do this thing 😃
Yea, that would probably help many to understand it. While doing the timelapse, displaying the time, day, etc. as subtitles would just rock that video.
@@TUBESPECIFIC1 need 24 shot every day. 1 shot everyday not show all
@@JarppaGuru Sounds about right for there are 24 hours in a day. I guess it never happens until someone mounts a camera from one of businesses right across the cobbled way which I think is a bar and restaurant if I remember correctly.
@@JarppaGuru True, but 24 fps is a common frame rate so it would be 365 seconds long or 6 minutes
Janek: The hardest clock in the world to read
Meanwhile the c(l)ock in Brno: Am I a joke to you?
You got a point :)
True
I've lived in Masarykova for 2 years already and still don't know how to tell the time there.
Well, Prague orloj is harder to read, Brno cock is impossible to read and there is even video of its author who was asked to read the time - he stared at it, and then checked his wrist watch to tell the time.
Asi tak 😂
Nobody can force tourists to stare on some clock for few minutes
Mistr Hanuš: Hold my beer
Hold my Pilsner urquell
I think the "hold my beer" ruse has run its course
My dad got a souvenir version of this clock. Let’s say it wasn‘t his most useful purchase.
Brno astronomical "clock": hold my b... alls.
brno astronomical cock
1. Old Bohemian time (aka Italian hours) sun -> 1 ; moon -> 12:20
2. Babylon -> 16
3. Central Europran Time (aka Old German) -> 14:40
4. Star Time -> V (5)
5. Calendar Dial -> 1 Ort
6. Zodiac sign for Moon -> Cancer ; Sun -> Sagitarus (which indicates the picture is taken between November and December)
7. Golden hand and Sun position -> 1
8. The Tropic Capicorn is red
I actually love the astronomical clock, I remember being so mesmerised by it both of the time I was in Prague.
My favourite figurine is the skeleton, it etched in my mind “memento mori” and it became kind of a mantra to me :)
Ahoj from Italy!
Yes, "Memento Mori," is the exact message everyone sees which reminds us of our mortality and death coming due. Yikes. That's the very topic most people are so uncomfortable about. I watched it numerous times while there noticing most people got uncomfortable and complained at the end of each show. It was sorta cute and funny watching the show below the clock. lol
As a child, all i wanted was to watch the death ring the bell.
I am still confused
To sum it up its the Swiss knife of clocks.
Vojtsn - you're not alone.... 🙃
HYPERS
@@cavs6663 que???
@@conceptalfa you dont understand
I live in Vancouver, Canada. Home of the famous Steam Clock. The statement, "Many people come here, take a picture of it, look at it, many are disappointed by the show every hour" really hits home for me.
In Olomouc there is a new astronomical clock, maybe after these Lockdowns the Honest Guide will in Olomouc.
Yes! Please take us to Olomouc!
good idea! go to Olmek!
Do you have a picture of Orloj? If so can you email it to
orloj2021@gmail.com
Try to send as high resolution as possible, and if possible, what day, month, and the year it was taken. Thank you!
I have a crazy idea... and want to try something. (regarding timelapse...)
If I can track it down I should have a couple I can send you
Is that idea still in motion, cuz I'm coming to Prague :D
Janek and Honza. Wishing you both and your families a great 2021. Thank you for entertaining and informing us non Czech people about your wonderful country.
Fingers crossed I may somehow be able, for the first time, to visit Prague this year.
Kind regards from Ireland, Liam
grandma approved
What about grandpa
@@Watashiwakira420 he went to get milk
The replica in Korea stands still today 16th of NOV, 2021
It was built kinda decade ago and also became one of a landmark of surrounding area 'Hongdae'
Built by a chef who loves Czech food and it is quite a only place to taste Cesks food in Seoul as far as I know
This reminds me a "History of mathematics" course, which I studied in the summer term at CTU taught by doc. Šolcová. One whole lecture was devoted to the Orloj, it's mechanisms and history (and why it didn't work or didn't work correctly for the most of it's existence). To pass the exam (besides other requirements) you had to be able to read all four times from the Orloj and explain them.
The picture was taken at the 30th of December 2020, around 17:10 hours.
Not sure about the year (I think is not displayed on clock) but rest seem to be correct 🙂 At least is David name day
@ According to the moon phase (full moon) the year 2020 is correct guess.
Thank you Janek and Honza. From the beginning of when I start watching your video, I have even more appreciation for Prague and Czech.
Happy new year Janek and Honza. Thanks for that great video presentation
Thank you for making this. This clock is so inspiring to me!
Here is my guess:
The slunce is in Capricorn Zodiac so it's winter. The zodiac ring is divided into 72 elliptic curves each curve being about 5 days. From the first picture, it seems late December. The second picture shows that it's David's day, so the date is December 30th and I guess the year is 2020.
Sunset is around 16:05 (aligning of Roman number 4 and Arabic number 24)
The current local time is around 17:10. (Golden hand on Roman numerics, upper XII
is 12:00 noon, lower XII is 12:00 midnight)
Old bohemian time is around 1:05 (Golden hand on Arabic numerics)
Babylonian time is around 10:55 or 11:00 (hand on the blue section and black numerics)
Star time is around 23:55 (Golden star on Roman numerics, upper XII
is 12:00 midnight, lower XII is 12:00 noon)
Dude,you explained it better than any tourist guide,it all makes scnce now so thank you!!!!
Thanks! As a Czech I have been taught when I was a small kid, but since then I have forgotten it, and somehow never thought about relearning it. :)
I've been in front of it and it is really impressive, a beautiful artwork!
Absolutely fascinating! I saw this beautiful Astronomical Clock when I was in Prague in 2010. It really is amazing! Thanks also for explaining the name days, I always wondered how that worked! There is also an Astronomical Clock in the St Mary Basilica in Gdansk, Poland! I saw it when I visited there in 2019!
Happy new year honest guide
I remember being amazed by the Astro growing up in Prague, it was the most complicated thing ever. I managed to work out how to read the kalendar dial, but not the astronomical dial, so thank-you. When I was a child I thought the noise at 7:47 was because the windows needed oiling, but later found out that it's supposed to be an imitation of a cock crowing (does that make it a cuckoo clock?).
The apostles actually look quite ugly up close, but they're designed to be seen from below & at a distance with the most advanced mathematical perspective of the day, probably one of the first times it was used outside Italy.
St John's Day is the opposite of Christmas. This actually has a symbolic meaning derived from John 3:30.
The face has been changed, and every statue has been changed
Finally some explaination of this. Been looking att it many times trying to figure it out. Last time it was under renovation tho.
This is so wildly cool!! I'm going to binge all your videos before I visit Prague.
Whoa! That is really neat. Thank you for explaining that out for us!
Thank you for explaining how to read the astronomical clock. It is a true work of art and mechanical design. You are right, people who designed this clock are smarter than me. I’ve been in Prague 4 times and have seen this clock many times and had no idea how to interpret/read it. BTW- I was very impressed with the apostles trip on the hour considering it was designed 600 years ago.
Thank you soooo much for explaining all that
Really cool video. Enjoyed learning this 👍🏻
That's amazing! Thank you for the informations.
The complicated mechanism inside is truly marvelous too.
Awesome!!! Great information
Thanks for the great videos, laughed when he goes for a drink with you and you tell him that you are really angry ( Uplne nasranej) 😂👌. I didn't know until then that you were also Czech, I myself am also a Czech who no longer lives in the Czech Republic and haven't heard the choice of words for a long time, I had to start laughing right away. Please keep it up 👏
As a Saudi Arabia, i can say we are glad that giving our numericals and algebra to the Czech is a fair trade for all the Pilsners that they produced it with..
We just arrived in old Praha (Prague) today and look forward to seeing the clock soon!!
Good explanation. Thanks.
Very cool. Now I have to go back and take another look!
Thanks for the unique knowledge
You the best
Over a decade ago, I got a star chart that also contained detailed explanation of how the astronomical clock works at the Prague Planetarium, I think it is one of few places where you could find someone who actually understands the various times the clock shows and how it does operate.
Thank you for this video! From what you been able to teach and me understand 😂😂 it is 30.12 at 17:00 and seems like the current.
Waiting for my next visit in Prague to check in life this lesson 😍🤗
I found your channel only recently - wonderful content!!
The picture was taken on december 30 at 5 pm. Thank you for all these useful tips! I discover you 2 months before my first trip to Prague last year and it was the best discovery I made before and during my trip. I can't wait to go back with my girlfriend.
Jeden z nejlepších dílů HG vůbec! 👍
Such a beautiful historical piece. My husband and I would love to see the year long time lapse!
funny.... been to Brno guys? we have a "clock" here also, i would like to see, how you can read them :D
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The magic black dildo that spit a ball every morning 😂
While that was as clear as mud 😂😂. Thoroughly enjoyed the vid . Another classic . Well done lads 👍
This clock is nice 👍 i haven't been disappointed when I saw it. Great video! 📺
Wow that’s beautiful and sooo clean neat!
I'm from Greece and we have name days too and i find the lullaby amazing 🥺🥺
Amaaaazing. Please do a year timelapse!
Thank you very informative, looking forward to seeing it in real life, the last time I visited it was being renovated
Great explanation. I binaural recorded the bells last weekend. Sounds amazing
It really takes a Czech to be able to make Honsa the short form of Jan..
Great episode
Before visiting Prague, I found a brochure on Prague.eu that taught me how to read the Astronomical Clock. Thank you for making this video. Nobody should stand clueless before this masterpiece!
Amazing! No one would be able to build that clock today.
full year timelapse sounds interesting !!
Thanks for sharing.
It turns out that even though my wife is from Prague, she couldn’t read the time on the Astronomical Clock until we watched this video. We think it was 30/12/2020 at 17.07.
My wife and I can’t wait to go back to Prague soon. In the meantime, we’ll keep watching your videos for ideas of new places to visit, although we’ll definitely have to visit the Academia bookshop again for a coffee on the balcony overlooking Václavské náměstí. Thanks for the recommendation!
Very cool video. There are some time lapse videos available but I haven't had a chance to go through them to see if any cover an entire year. Thanks for the explanation or I would be one of the people that looks at it for a few minutes and walks away confused.
17:04 dec 30th
Goes hand in hand with the full moon and sunset of around 16:00
Edit: Also a handful of days into the constellation of pisces which starts at dec 22nd
@Abu Dabu thanks, I got that mixed up bad :D
Happy new year!
my favorite guide
I visited Prague in mid-September 2018 and I saw the clock. But I didn't know the clock is so many feature. Thank you for explaining about the watch.
@HONEST GUIDE In Switzerland there is also a church clock with changed pointers.
I calculated it to be the 31st of December, 17 hours and 1 or 2 minutes, just after the little show with the apostles. I really hope I'm right. Very interesting concept for a video! You guys could come explain the Zimmertoren next, haha.
Hello from Cyprus! The picture was taken at 17.00h on Wednesday, 30th December on David's nameday
Thank you - I am really going to impress my friends when they are finally allowed to visit me (might have to watch this video a few hundred more times though).
I think Honest Guide should do a collaboration with PPPeter, where you meet at a Czechia/Slovakia and you're constantly getting Peter and crew out of trouble.
When I was there, it was rainy so I didn't spend too much time to look at so many details.
Hope as soon as possible I can go back to Prague and visit others cities as well.
In advance, I would like to say the host is cute and I like your insights. Shalom from Tel Aviv, or Uvidíme se později!
Very interesting!
It is indeed amazing. Just to think of the complexity and the engineering and knowledge and understanding of the celestial behaviour that went into this is outside of most of peoples capacity today. I am wondering how many people can really explain the whole mechanics at all today without having to look up most of the details. Also, honestly, who would actually need that information anyway. Thanks for the video. I saw the clock many times already but now I will see it from a different perspective as well when I visit Prague again in the future.
30th December 2020 at 5.05pm? Šťastný nový rok Janek & Honza!
You have to use the vocative case when addressing people, so it would be "Janku a Honzo"
@@cestakou357 exactly!
One of the coolest clocks!
Mind blowing! 🤯🤯
Mind-blowing 😮
great production of the all-knowing clocks
I love your pronunciation of English words - like Apostles.
We have a similar astronomical clock dated to the early 1400s at the Cathedral i Lund here in Sweden, you should come visit som day :)
Beautiful
Janek is a great and unique person
Love to understand how to read this great clock
I just looked for a time lapse and couldn’t find anything satisfactory...Would really appreciate the idea you have coming to fruition
So gutted that I can't be there - I was due to be flying out tomorrow, first time in over ten years I haven't made it to Prague in January.😢
I know the feeling. I was there last 10 years ago myself and my travel bug is seriously itching all the way under my skin. I wanted to fly to Europe for Christmas market walking/shopping cultural sightseeing experience, but it wasn't happening. I thought last Summer, we'd be in the clear by Christmas. I wish we didn't have the Covid thing still going on with no end in sight. Yes, that...
Very entertaining!
I stumbled onto your channel through the "tourist trap" video about the vignettes. I shall be very aware of potential vignette scams on my future travels (whenever travel becomes possible again).
Aha, dobrý, pořád to nechápu, ale děkuju za vysvětlení, kluci. 😂❤️
What a wonderful channel. We just stumble on this and thought this is wonderful place to learn more about Prague and your country. This is so cool. A previous tourist mentioned that the locals don't come to zone 1 because they can't afford it. Is this true? We plan to go to Prague next and wanted to find a more affordable hotel outside of zone 1.
Looking forward to the timelapse video!!
The reconstruction was really successful. Splendor
that's amazing, as a Hungarian I can also appreciate the calendar as the dates carry the same meanings here.
Hope you have a great 2021! 😊
My guess: 16th of December at 17:01 :) Great video!
You plus get a nice view of the square and the city from up in the tower.
The crowd that gathers there is huge. It took me 3 times to finally get a nice short clip on it.