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Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

Speaking of time..... Watchmakers and Clockmakers often display their peices with the time showing as 1:50 (or 10:10) - as this makes the clock/watch face appear to be happy - it's a more pleasing look to the human eye than if it were 8:20 (or 3:40) for example.

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See the little 'sad face' red clock towards the bottom. :)
 
kiwigtx said:
Speaking of time..... Watchmakers and Clockmakers often display their peices with the time showing as 1:50 (or 10:10) - as this makes the clock/watch face appear to be happy - it's a more pleasing look to the human eye than if it were 8:20 (or 3:40) for example.

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See the little 'sad face' red clock towards the bottom. :)
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I remember when Timex took out a full page magazine ad explaining why their watches were set that way.
 
Photon440 said:
I remember when Timex took out a full page magazine ad explaining why their watches were set that way.
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I seem to remember something about that explanation also. :thumbsup:

Those time settings are pleasing to the eye.
 
The ZIP in zip code stands for Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP).
 
kiwigtx said:
Speaking of time..... Watchmakers and Clockmakers often display their peices with the time showing as 1:50 (or 10:10) - as this makes the clock/watch face appear to be happy - it's a more pleasing look to the human eye than if it were 8:20 (or 3:40) for example.

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See the little 'sad face' red clock towards the bottom. :)
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How many seconds?
:wetting:
 
The guy that made the first reliable clock, to satisfy the British Admiralty, for navigation purposes, was a carpenter.
The higher up brass did not pay him the $$$ promised. His son had to petition the king.

During the summer months, it is warmer in the far North, than it is on Gabriola Island.
 
I read in a book about the development of the American Railroad network, that prior to the development, there was no standard for time. Each town had their clocks set to the sunrise. It was a problem that "time" was such a variable because scheduling train arrivals and departures were so inconsistent. During the building of the railroad system, slowly towns that were included in the network began matching their time on the clocks to other towns. (Time zones as well)
 
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