4 ms·
Here's my (hopefully unique) take on this. A part of what makes analog watches beautiful is the number of hours (12) - hexagons (6 segments) and hexagon-like st
by Scene_Cast2 13y ago
Here's my (hopefully unique) take on this. A part of what makes analog watches beautiful is the number of hours (12) - hexagons (6 segments) and hexagon-like structures are aesthetically pleasing.
With SUT and its 10 hour system, clocks and watches would start looking / be reminiscent of car wheels (most car wheels are 5 symmetrical segments [1]).
My knee-jerk reaction is that I'm not willing to give up hundreds of years of watch face refinement for easy math conversions.
[1] https://www.google.ca/search?q=car+wheel&tbm=isch https://www.google.ca/search?q=car+wheel&tbm=isch
- telmich 13y agoYou can always use a circle (as with current watches) and just add the number of hours per day (does not matter if it is 12 or 10). You could probably quite easy relabel analog clocks to use SUT, btw...
- Scene_Cast2 13y agoNot quite what I meant. Lots of watch faces play on the fact that 12 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, and 6. For example, take this [1] Ulysse Nardin watch. It has six nice "hexa"-markings (a common theme among watches). Some other watches go for the cross-hair (division by 4). Neither one of the styles would be possible with the 10 hour system. Note: those watches do not reflect my personal taste, they were just the easiest to find. [1] http://www.ulysse-nardin.ch/ulysse-nardin-webseite/uploadfiles/4d551f00-cda0-4bd3-97df-bb43fe6ed11b.jpg http://www.ulysse-nardin.ch/ulysse-nardin-webseite/uploadfil... [2] http://www.tissot.ch/imageslib/cache/2011/png/image225png_T002_520_17_051_01_png.png http://www.tissot.ch/imageslib/cache/2011/png/image225png_T0...