I've been to the top of the tower - some of that maintenance money ended up there. The minions that do the counting are sequestered in the basement.
This is claimed to be the largest four face clock in the world. Bigger than the one on the House of Parliament in London. As far as I know the A-B clock isn't seen in any movies, though.
I had to think about that for a second before I realized what it was.
The street number of that building once had a secret significance to one of their products about 15 years ago. Although the product is an old one, and many people do know about it, I won't go into specifics because it can still be considered a security issue.
Plans by architect Scott Fitzhugh and they include several towers, only one of which was to contain the clock. However, this plan has been reduced and only a small tower was preserved and the existing building has been modified to include an external thermometer using large digital display
Wondered what the second one was. Thank you Wikipedia.
The "octagon" logo design predates the clock tower by about 40 years. It was first used in 1920s but the octagon pattern was impressed into the first push button they ever made, some time in the 30s I believe, still before the clock tower.
Most of the money used to build the clock tower was the result of A-B making components for radios and walkie-talkies during WWII by the way. That entire facility is mostly just offices now, production lines disappeared long ago.