The large clock was set up on the pavement floor and marked hours and minutes with flashy illuminated spheres, which caused great curiosity and admiration. The clock dates back to 1935 and is a work of the watchmaker Juan Cabrerizo. Its design is modern with an Art-Deco touch. The sphere of the clock shows in the center the logo of the Banca Roses that represented the head of Hermes.

Among the curiosities of the Clock, is that it did not augur a good year. Months later the civil war broke out and the clock suffered the logical rigors of the conflict until finally it was extinguished. In 1957 the Roses Bank disappeared and became the Bank of Barcelona that did not have a happy ending…

Someone superstitious might think that the clock set to enter a new year, was gaffe for the number 69 Via Laietana.