It was a countdown clock–given to the bar’s owners by a liquor company. The clock was racing backwards–it told you how many days, hours, minutes and seconds were remaining in the 20th Century.

Wind up! The clock face is the second-most photographed in the UK (Liverpool Echo) By David Holmes 14:39, 13 Mar 2015Updated14:47, 13 Mar 2015 ...

The Climate Clock at New York's Union Square doesn't go forward, but rather goes backward. It is a countdown. The clock shows the date when the effects of global warming will become irreversible.