[time-nuts] Ten minutes past ten

iovane at inwind.it iovane at inwind.it
Tue Aug 4 06:58:40 UTC 2009


The reason that was known to me is that at 10:10 the manufacturer's logo looks like "ledged".
Antonio I8IOV

> 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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