[time-nuts] Ten minutes past ten

Chris Kuethe chris.kuethe at gmail.com
Tue Aug 4 03:35:34 UTC 2009


It makes the the face of the clock look like it's smiling.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Bill Hawkins<bill at iaxs.net> wrote:
> Excuse me for asking a non-hardware question, but I'd like to know
> the origins of the time 10:10 being shown on clocks and watches in
> advertisements for same.
>
> The one that tipped me over the edge was the ad on the back of Science
> News for August 1, 2009. A talking watch says, "Ten-ten AM ..." as
> the hands show 10:10.
>
> How far back does that tradition go?
>
> Bill Hawkins
>
>
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