> Unpopular opinion: The second hand is my generally useless in everyday life apart from short duration timing where a stopwatch would be superior. And it leads

> Unpopular opinion: The second hand is my generally useless in everyday life apart from short duration timing where a stopwatch would be superior. And it leads to unnecessary distraction by motion pollution in the visual field. A sweeping second hand is handy for doing heart rate and respirations per minute, as you can just watch for 15 seconds, which is also mathematically and visually the same as the second hand sweeping 90 degrees, which is easy to dial in and count at the same time. By multiplying these 15-second biometrics by 4, which is easy mental math. You also save the other 45 seconds per reading per patient over time.