Is time melting at the intersection of Main Avenue and 11th Street, in a nightmare reminiscent of a famous Salvador Dali painting?

Or can we blame a time warp on Colorado’s infamous marijuana edibles?

The prominent clock atop the Crossroads building in downtown Durango just can’t quite seem to get it right. On Wednesday, at 12:02 p.m., the clock showed 11:05. One side of the clock was off by about eight minutes from another. And the problem isn’t new.

Phil Bryson, who developed the building at Main Avenue and 11th Street, said the horologic inaccuracy is related to GPS software that had been intended to make the clock hyper-accurate, within fractions of a second. Instead, it’s off by nearly an hour.

“Obviously, something’s got to be screwy with the software,” he said.

The clock is supposed to be tied to an atomic clock signal in Fort Collins.

“It was a great technological advance that didn’t work,” Bryson said.

Workers at Crossroads, 1099 Main Ave., repeatedly have reset the clock manually, only to have it go awry again. Bryson said he is waiting for the manufacturer to fix the software.

The building, completed in 2006, is home to Alpine Bank, Crossroads Coffee, professional offices and private residences on its four floors.

Joel Fry, a lawyer who has an office on the third floor, said he keeps his appointments by other means.

“I don’t rely on that clock for anything,” Fry said. “The four sides of the clock usually show different times.”

Indeed, the clock seems to have some internal disagreement. When the east face showed 11:41 on Wednesday, the south face showed 11:49.

At least downtown pedestrians have one clock they can rely on. The clock at the La Plata County Courthouse, manufactured in 1891 and restored in 1989, seems to be keeping time just fine.

cslothower@durangoherald.com