The bell of the famous Big Ben in London stopped ringing on Wednesday after the dials of the Great Clock in the building of the Palace of Parliament of Great Britain stopped working for a short time, according to Reuters.

The four clock faces on either side of the 96-metre Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben and four other bells, stopped at 12:55 (11:55 GMT) and the bells fell silent at 1:00 p.m. .

Half an hour later, although the hands of the clock were moved forward, the clock was still five minutes behind, according to a Reuters eyewitness, according to Agerpres. By 1:47 p.m., the tongues had moved again to get the time right.

“We are aware that the clocks in the Elizabeth Tower were showing the wrong time for a short period of time on Wednesday afternoon,” a House of Commons spokesman said.

“The watch mechanics quickly fixed the problem and the watch is working normally,” he added.

The chimes of Big Ben, a clock weighing 13 tons, did not ring for five years as part of the large-scale restoration of the Elizabeth Tower. The clock resumed its work in November 2022.