Margaroli, in his dictionary "La Turchia ovvero l’Impero Ottomano", highlighted the stone construction and notable architectural features of the town’s main buildings.

During the 19th century, Kavajë was visited by several European dignitaries, namely: David Urquhart (1831), Joseph Müller (1838), Georg von Hahn (1847–1850) and Hyacinthe Hecquard (1858), all of whom provided statistical data on the local population but did not mention the clock tower.

(To find the year) count the word tarikh, add two (letters), and then he (to whom such a thing happens) remains an orphan.”Although the descriptive language may seem somewhat unintelligible today, it likely held a meaning of significance at the time.

DALLA VENEZIA – VENETUS ~ (it is the work of the Cancani from Venice) The clock tower is attributed to local ruler Ibrahim bey Alltuni and was designed to measure time with a sound mechanism.

Local traders, who maintained commercial ties with European cities, brought a clock mechanism to the tower, which initially lacked a face and functioned primarily as an auditory timekeeper.

At noon, sunlight would pass through the central pit of the circular white stone on the west face, signaling shop closures, lunch breaks, or the afternoon prayer (Albanian: namazi i ylesë).

Damage to the southeast corner, likely caused by the earthquake of December 17, 1926, was repaired during a restoration marked by the deliberate use of white stone, making the intervention distinct.

[7] A significant change occurred in the late 1930s when the tower’s timekeeping mechanism was upgraded to include a clock face alongside its original chime-based system.

In 2018, the clock tower underwent a major restoration led by experts from the Institute of Monuments of Culture and funded by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA).