The clock in the Panthéon in Paris has been broken since the 60s, when it was smashed up by a disgruntled employee.
The UnterGunther is a Swiss-French urban explorers team whose activity is to restore the invisible parts of the heritage in total clandestinity.
In November 2005, the UnterGunther infiltrated the Pantheon of Paris and, with the help of their professional clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Viot, started to restore the abandoned monumental 1850 Wagner clock before its irreversible state of defacement.
The UnterGunther is a Swiss-French urban explorers team whose activity is to restore the invisible parts of the heritage in total clandestinity.
In November 2005, the UnterGunther infiltrated the Pantheon of Paris and, with the help of their professional clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Viot, started to restore the abandoned monumental 1850 Wagner clock before its irreversible state of defacement.
Once the restoration was complete, the UnterGunther presented it to Bernard Jeannot, the administrator of the Pantheon. The result? The clock is not running and charges were pressed against the restorers, of which they were eventually acquitted. More info and pictures here.
I heard about this through an interview on NPR with one of the guys involved. You can listen to it here.
The picture below is the workshop/lounge they built inside the Panthéon.
I heard about this through an interview on NPR with one of the guys involved. You can listen to it here.
The picture below is the workshop/lounge they built inside the Panthéon.
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