The clock, which features birds and butterflies, was moved to Birmingham for a display last year
A water-powered clock that was removed from Nottingham for restoration will return in the next few weeks.
The Emett Clock, designed by Rowland Emett in 1973, stood in the Victoria Centre before it was dismantled for restoration in 2014.
It was then moved last year to Birmingham Museum where it formed part of a display of Emett's work.
The designer also built various contraptions for the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
A petition was started in 2014 by some Nottingham residents who thought the clock was being permanently removed from the Victoria Centre.
But the shopping centre owners said it would be restored and moved to a new location in the upper mall.
Schoolchildren from across Nottingham are being asked to decorate hundreds of butterflies using templates taken from butterflies on the clock.
The butterflies will be used to create a mobile surrounding the clock in its new location.
Emett's Grand Design
The clock was located in the lower lobby of the Victoria Centre
The Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator - more commonly known as the Emett Clock - has stood in Nottingham's Victoria Centre for more than 40 years
The clock opens up and moves every 15 minutes
Parts of the clock were lost or ceased to work in the years after its installation
- Published22 September 2013
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