At "hoher Markt" this clock shows the time by passing figures. The figures run through once a day at noon (12 a.m.), constructed by Franz von Matsch 1911. This is said to be the oldest square in Vienna.
The socalled Ankeruhr is constructed at Ankerhof connecting the two buildings of the insurance company Gesellschaft für Lebens und Renten-Versicherungen "Der Anker", founded 1858 with 2mio crowns capital. 1911 Anker-company determined the construction of the clock after plans of Prof.Franz von Matsch. The clock-bridge, constructed 1914-1915, is 10m long, the height in the middle is 7.5m. The round window in the middle is 4m diameter. Daily the organ, containing 1000 pipes, behind the lattice plays quot;Gott erhalte". The clock shows the time in a very simple way: The twelve figures show the hour with a roman number over the heads, the minutes are shown by an arrow above the head on a vertical scale.
| Hour | Figure | Music |
| 1-2 | Kaiser Marcus Aurelius (121-180 p.Chr.) at Vindobona (Vienna) | Pythic Victory-ode of Pindar (around 473 a.Chr.) |
| 2-3 | Kaiser Karl the Great (742-814) | Das Hildebrandlied (around 800) |
| 3-4 | Duke Leopold VI. the Glorious of Babenberg (1176-1230) and wife Theodora Princess of Byzanz ( -1246) | Das Nibelungenlied (around 1200) |
| 4-5 | Walther von der Vogelweide (1163-1230) | Kreuzfahrerlied by Walther von der Vogelweide (around 1228) |
| 5-6 | King Rudolf of Habsburg (1218-1291) and wife Anna von Hohenberg ( -1281) | Lied des Minnesängers "unverzagt" auf King Rudolf of Habsburg (around 1280) |
| 6-7 | Master Puchsbaum ( -1454) | Es liegt ein Schloss in Österreich (Traditional 15th cent.) |
| 7-8 | Kaiser Maximilian I., the last knight (1459-1519) | Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen (Madrigal von Heinr. Isaac, 1500) |
| 8-9 | Viennese Mayor Johann Andreas von Liebenberg (1627-1683) | O du lieber Augustin (Viennese traditional, 17th cent.) |
| 9-10 | Graf Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638-1701) | Kriegslied (17th cent.) |
| 10-11 | Prinz Eugen von Savoyen (1663-1736) | Prinz Eugenius der edle Ritter (Traditional around 1719) |
| 11-12 | Kaiserin and Queen Maria Theresia (1717-1780) und husband Kaiser Franz I. of Lothringen (1708-1765) | Menuett by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1780) |
| 12-1 | Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) | Gott erhalte (Austrian hymne by Joseph Haydn, 1797) |
