‘Tick-tock tragedy’: Priceless clock destroyed by overly enthusiastic museum guest
Curiosity killed the cat…and also apparently the clock.
A man has been caught out red-handed destroying a valuable piece of ‘artwork’ inside a US Museum in what appears to be a 'tick-tock tragedy’.
The cringworthy moment, captured on CCTV shows the not-so-clever couple at first fiddling with the installation.
Seemingly not content with simply admiring the timepiece the man begins to pull the clock with an increasing intensity.
The man then appears to notice the clock’s pendulum and gives it a swing, resulting moments later in the clock crashing to the floor and smashing into several pieces.
The man attempts to pick up the fragments however the clock is seemingly destroyed.
Director at the museum Noel Poirier said he believes the visitor was attempting to set the clock when disaster struck.
"Once he pulled it up a little too high, that weight came off track and the heavy weight came down, hit the clock, knocked the clock off the wall, so then you see the results," Mr Poirier told NBC.
"I think what he was trying to do was raise the weight up because I think he thought that would make the clock run."
Poirier said that despite media reports saying the man ran away to try to go unnoticed, he actually went to find a museum staffer so the clock's parts could be properly collected.
According to the museum the clock is doing “fine, but will need some TLC”.
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