Hmm:

A legend, recounted by Alois Jirásek, has it that the clockmaker Hanuš was blinded on the order of the Prague Councillors so that he could not repeat his work; in turn, he broke down the clock, and no one was able to repair it for the next hundred years.

People stood around, waiting for the clock to strike; "Your editor saw it three times."

Get the idea that the entire issue was motivated by a trip to Prague?