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2. 24-hour analog dial - Wikipedia

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   The 24-hour analog dial continued to be used, but primarily by technicians, astronomers, scientists, and clockmakers. John Harrison, Thomas Tompion, and Mudge [7] built a number of clocks with 24-hour analog dials, particularly when building astronomical and nautical instruments. 24-hour dials were also used on sidereal clocks.

3. Clock face - Wikipedia

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   A long minute hand makes one revolution every hour. The face may also include a second hand, which makes one revolution per minute. The term is less commonly used for the time display on digital clocks and watches. A second type of clock face is the 24-hour analog dial, widely used in military and other organizations that use 24-hour time. This ...

4. Clock - Wikipedia

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   The only other widely used clock face today is the 24 hour analog dial, because of the use of 24 hour time in military organizations and timetables. Before the modern clock face was standardized during the Industrial Revolution , many other face designs were used throughout the years, including dials divided into 6, 8, 10, and 24 hours.

5. Analog watch - Wikipedia

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   An analog watch A method to identify north and south directions using the sun and a 12-hour analogue clock or watch set to the local time, 10:10 a.m. in this example. An analog watch (American) or analogue watch (UK and Commonwealth) is a watch whose display is not digital but rather analog with a traditional clock face.

6. Slow watch - Wikipedia

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   The watch faces mark out 24 hours rather than the traditional 12 hours, with 12 noon located at the top of the face. They are available in over 15 different styles, with both octagonal and round cases. [3] Dashes on the clock face are quarters of an hour as opposed to the usual markings per minute. [4]

7. List of largest clock faces - Wikipedia

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   24: Torrazzo of Cremona: 8.2 m (27 ft) 1: No: 1588: Tower Building: Italy: Cremona: Largest clock face in Italy and one of the largest astronomical clock faces in the world. 25: St. Michael's Church, Hamburg: 8 m (26 ft) 4: No: 1911: Church: Germany: Hamburg: The minute hand is 4.91 m (16.1 ft) and the hour hand is 3.65 m (12.0 ft) 3.65 m. The ...