[time-nuts] Ten minutes past ten

Ed Palmer ed_palmer at sasktel.net
Tue Aug 4 03:43:14 UTC 2009


Sometimes you see 1:50 instead of 10:10.  I believe I heard somewhere 
that it was used because it gave a nice symmetrical look to an analog 
clock or watch.

Ed

Bill Hawkins 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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