The watch is great, but honestly there is no desire to walk along the Arbat, the paving stones were laid haphazardly. The benches are without canopies, and the local drunks are in the way. It is better to cross the road where the fountains are there and it is beautiful and safe.
The clock mechanism, bought for a lot of money, and most importantly does not work, the tower with frozen time, like a monument to corruption, stands alone on two hectares of built-up desert