One of the hands was broken and the mechanism controlling the rotation of the hands was damaged. On 2 November 1917, during the storming of the Kremlin by the Bolsheviks, the clock was hit by a shell and stopped. In 1913, for the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, a new restoration of the clock was carried out. Initially, the national anthem " God Save The Tsar!" was proposed, but Tsar Nicholas I forbade it, stating that "the chimes can play any song except for the anthem". From then on, the chimes played the " March of the Preobrazhensky regiment" at 12 and 6 o'clock, while at 3 and 9 o'clock it played the anthem "How Glorious is Our Lord in Zion" by Dmitry Bortniansky. The metal floors, stairs, and clock pedestal were made according to drawings by Russian architect Konstantin Thon, the designer of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Most of the restoration work on the tower itself was done at the same time under the direction of the architect Gerasimov. For more melodious ringing tones, 24 bells were removed from the Trinity and Borovitskaya Towers and moved to the Spasskaya Tower. The modern Kremlin Clock was remodeled in 1851, by the Butenop brothers in Moscow. During the Moscow fire of 1812 the clock was again damaged. From 1770, it played the German melody " Oh, you dear Augustin". It was damaged by fire in 1737 and was not restored until 1767. The new clock served, with some interruptions, until the middle of 19th century. It was purchased by Peter the Great, in Holland, transported from Amsterdam to Moscow in 30 wagons, and installed by watchmaker Ekim Garnov. The solar image was suspended from the upper portion of the clock face, which was divided into 17 equal parts, corresponding to the 17 hours of daylight in Moscow on the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. The clock featured an image of the sun in the middle of the dial, with its hour-hand in the form of an elongated beam of light. The characters were about 71 centimetres (28 in) tall (one arshin), cast in brass and covered with gold leaf. The 24-hour dial was numbered using Cyrillic numerals. In 1668 the clocks underwent a refit to "play music" on the hour, at sunrise, and at sunset, using special mechanisms. The clocks were burned down in the fire of 1626, but they were later restored by Galloway. The thirteen bells for the clock mechanism were cast by the blacksmith Cyril Samoilov. In 1625, under the leadership of Scottish engineer and clockmaker Christopher Galloway, the Russian clockmakers Zhdan, his son Shumilo Zhdanov, and his grandson Alexey Shumilov completed the new clock. In September 1624 some old wartime clocks were sold to the Yaroslavl' Jesus Transfiguration Monastery. In 1614 the clock at the Frolovskaya Tower was maintained by Nikiforka Nikitin. There are mentions from 1613–1614 of a clock at the Nikolskaya Tower as well. In 1585, clocks were in use at three of the Kremlin's gates, Spasskaya, Taynitskaya and Troitskaya Towers, exemplifying the use of clocks as early as the 16th century. According to various historical accounts from a corresponding article on Russian Wikipedia, the clock on the Spasskaya Tower was built between 14.
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