New parts for the damaged Seiko clock had to be brought in from Japan

A town clock in Manningtree High Street has caused a stir after the numbers were put in the wrong order.

The clock, on the wall of the NatWest bank at the junction of Brook Street, was donated to the town by the local Rotary Club in 1990.

However, recent repairs necessitated by vandalism led to the mix-up.

"Everything was put back as we thought, only for a day after we noticed two numbers in the wrong position," said the Rotary Club's David Moss.

"At this moment it is our intention to leave it. The main reason being [is that] it is 20 foot up on a wall, which means we have to put scaffold poles up," he added.

"We have to get up to it in the spring, so I think then we will probably deal with it."

David said he hoped the unusual clock would attract extra visitors to the north-Essex town.