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...
commented on9:60am 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?·
commented on9:60am 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 on9:60am 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 on9:60am 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?·
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...
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