However, because at that time nobody had successfully reproduced the clock tower in its entirety, Tanseisha planned to contract out the job of making it to the famous clock and watch manufacturers Seiko, who were to base the timekeeping section around modern electronics--at an asking price of over NT $ 100 million.
不過，由於當時水運儀象台還沒有人完全復原成功過，丹青社打算將案子交給以製作鐘錶聞名的精工社做，以現代的電子裝置來讓報時系統運轉，而且索價超過一億元。