Trinida­di­ans are fa­mous for not keep­ing time but thanks to a do­na­tion from the for­mer pres­i­dent of the Sen­ate Micheal J Williams, they may have a bet­ter chance of do­ing so.

The four-faced clock was erect­ed around noon at the top of Chancery Lane, San Fer­nan­do, just in front of the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

Out­go­ing May­or Ju­nia Re­grel­lo said he was con­tact­ed by Time­keep­ers T&T Lim­it­ed and for­mer pres­i­dent of the Sen­ate Micheal J Williams who of­fered to do­nate an­oth­er clock to the city. Time­keep­ers, which is known for re­pair­ing and re­build­ing pub­lic clocks, has been re­spon­si­ble for sev­er­al clocks in­clud­ing the the 138-year tow­er clock at St Mary's Col­lege; the 100-year-old Holy Trin­i­ty Cathe­dral; the Ari­ma Di­al Clock, the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion's tur­ret clock, re­stored af­ter 40 years; and the clocks at Mt St Bene­dict which came alive for the Mount's 100th an­niver­sary.

Re­grel­lo said the newest clock was in a good po­si­tion.

"The spot is close to the hos­pi­tal. There is the Supreme Court, sev­er­al lawyer of­fices, hos­pi­tals and city hall, as well as schools so maybe it may be crit­i­cal to have it there," he added.

Williams said Time­keep­ers has been a long-time hob­by.

"This is a French clock that works with the pow­er from T&TEC. If the pow­er goes, it stops for a while and when the pow­er comes back it au­to­mat­i­cal­ly catch­es back the cor­rect time," he said.

"Trinidad has nev­er been fa­mous for keep­ing the time but we have 22 Time­keep­er clocks avail­able in stores through­out the is­land and we are hap­py that the May­or ac­ced­ed to our re­quest," he said.

The clock was as­sem­bled in Trinidad and took about one month to be made.

Its four faces are each four feet squared and Williams said he hoped it will re­main a valu­able ad­di­tion to the city.