You are going to be disappointed in my answer: I can't remember what I was thinking :) I only dug out these clocks over the weekend and tweaked the home page a

You are going to be disappointed in my answer: I can't remember what I was thinking :) I only dug out these clocks over the weekend and tweaked the home page a bit before posting it here. I haven't touched the actual Javascript or svg in over 5 yrs! I initially posted them so they could be used with iGoogle gadgets (remember those?) The original clocks where hosted on Google sites (just to show their age :)) https://sites.google.com/site/clockamatics/ https://sites.google.com/site/clockamatics/ If I had to guess, that magic number is some sort of compensator to smooth out the animation, but I honestly don't remember...should be a lesson for why code should be well documented:)