The day: Winter time at the Queen: 400 clocks are changed by hand

The clocks run differently at Windsor Castle.

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A lot of work for the in-house watchmaker of Windsor Castle: The specialist Fjodor van den Broek was supposed to be on this last weekend in October 400 royal watches by hand on the winter time move. He's planning around for it 16 hours one, van den Broek told the BBC. However, the normal British time zone does not apply to all watches at the Queen's residence: "Many are still fascinated by the fact that it is in the Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace have a small separate time zone in the kitchen where the clocks are five minutes ahead, "says the watchmaker. This is to make sure that the food for the royals is ready on time. For van den Broek it is first major daylight saving operation: The watchmaker and restorer just hired the castle this year.