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Orloj, btw, is Czech for "Astronomical Clock".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock

And it comes from mutated Latin word "Horologium".

Yes! We visited The Prague Orloj 2 years ago and it's amazing engineering. That's why we named it after it, for how it's coordinating and orchestrating so many complex mechanisms. (for anyone wondering it's pronounced Or-Loy)

You should check out the Olomouc orloj [1]. Equally technically interesting as the Prague one, but with the added "benefit" of having been adjusted for political correctness under the Communist regime.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olomouc_astronomical_clock

Didn't realize the Czechs had so many...The story about the clockmaker on the Prague one was interesting. The king trying to blind him so he could never make another for anyone else...

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