I quite like the idea of decimal time [1] and the swatch proposal uses the most simple implementation with only 1 unit for a whole day (1000 beats in a day). Th

I quite like the idea of decimal time [1] and the swatch proposal uses the most simple implementation with only 1 unit for a whole day (1000 beats in a day). The day-to-day practical implications of having only one unit instead of the usual three (24 hours, 60 minutes, 60 seconds) are hard to gauge. It might be more difficult to communicate approximate points in time: 525 vs. half past twelve. Then again these conventions are social and with wide-adoption should become second nature too. But as the French Revolution showed, overcoming the network effect of commonly used time-standards is near impossible. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time