Nicholas

Nicholas
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9:60am and 24:00: Two times that don’t exist, but yet are displayed anyway on well-known manufacturers’ dials. Should manufacturers keep their 60/24 text or swap them out for 00/00, respectively?

Hey everyone, Does anyone know why some watches and clocks say “60” above the 12-hour marker? Doesn’t it seem strange how 7pm technically reads as 7:60pm on these dials, for example? Shouldn’t 60 be r...
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commented on 9:60am and 24:00: Two times that don’t exist, but yet are displayed anyway on well-known manufacturers’ dials. Should manufacturers keep their 60/24 text or swap them out for 00/00, respectively? ·

Well they’re not entirely wrong:

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commented on 9:60am and 24:00: Two times that don’t exist, but yet are displayed anyway on well-known manufacturers’ dials. Should manufacturers keep their 60/24 text or swap them out for 00/00, respectively? ·

Or balls, now that I think about it. There might be some truth here. Then again, there’s always the Omega Speedy and what its 12-hour marker looks like…

commented on 9:60am and 24:00: Two times that don’t exist, but yet are displayed anyway on well-known manufacturers’ dials. Should manufacturers keep their 60/24 text or swap them out for 00/00, respectively? ·

Interesting perspective. I can definitely see that it would be quicker for them to type out 24 instead of 23:59:59.

commented on 9:60am and 24:00: Two times that don’t exist, but yet are displayed anyway on well-known manufacturers’ dials. Should manufacturers keep their 60/24 text or swap them out for 00/00, respectively? ·

Totally! Please pray for me.

commented on AnalogExplorer's WRUW ·

Be careful what you wish for

commented on Crazy for not liking Tudor? ·

I think it's definitely cringy when people call their watch a tool. I don't know, maybe some people use that word as a coping mechanism to somehow justify to themselves that they're not crazy for buying something completely unnecessary.

You never know, I might very well be the only Tudor owner who likes the outdoors BUT cares about others, doesn't kill animals, and also leaves my watch inside when blowing the yard out...

commented on Crazy for not liking Tudor? ·

How the hell did you guess what car I drive??????????????? 😬😂