Büyük Saat was constructed as a square prism, and its tower walls were built with bricks.

During the period of its construction, similar clock towers were also built in the other large cities of the Ottoman Empire.

After the construction of the tower, the city's officials arranged their office hours according to the time given by Büyük Saat.

The times for Islamic prayer, previously defined by the position of the sun, were also now set by Büyük Saat.

The Adana Metropolitan Municipality have plans to widen sidewalks of Ali Münif Caddesi and re-route some of the local traffic to another street to improve the situation.