Today, most clocks are small enough to be worn on the wrist, but there’s still one island nation where privately owned timepieces are illegal: England. There, they rely on a socialist network of gigantic, publicly viewable chrono sculptures. Here’s a look at the most famous of Britain’s big clocks:

Big Ben: Often called The Pride of England, Big Ben is the world's largest four-faced clock, with each face set to one of the four different time zones of the four original British colonies—America, Australia, The Remainder of the World, and Terabithia. Although Big Ben is technically the name of the bell inside the clock, there is no evidence that this bell actually exists, as a terrifying hourly chiming sound scares away anyone who attempts to get close enough to look.

King Clock: Frequently called The Pride of Great Britain, King Clock stands more than 100 meters (or about 330 feet) tall, and keeps perfect time with the help of an internal atomic clock, developed by Swiss physicists to never accidentally turn into a pinprick-size black hole that would distort space-time in such a way to cause the clock to be slightly inaccurate, as well as erasing gravity. Like all things that are similar, Big Ben and King Clock are hated rivals.

Lil' Ticker, the Clock That Could: Widely known as The Pride of the British Isles, Lil' Ticker is the world's smallest clock tower, standing a paltry 20 feet high when it's not drooping from an accumulation of rainwater, wilting in a particularly warm sunbeam, or just slouching out of melancholy. Will Lil' Ticker one day grow up to be the biggest clock tower in all of England? The answer is no—buildings do not work that way … yet.