Clocks and watches on display often are set at 10:10 because of the symmetrical look of the two hands on the face. Twenty after eight is also popular.
In addition this position usually allows the logo on the watch's face to be clearly visible.
30 min past 10 min past 10 hours
In the past, a common time measuring instrument was the sundial. Today, the usual measuring instruments for time are clocks and watches. For highly accurate measurement of time an atomic clock is used. Stop watches are also used to measure time in some sports.
10:15
10 past 12
25 past 10 in the evening 10:25 pm
4:10
In the past, a common time measuring instrument was the sundial. Today, the usual measuring instruments for time are clocks and watches. For highly accurate measurement of time an atomic clock is used. Stop watches are also used to measure time in some sports.
In telling the time 10 past 8 is 10 minutes after 8:00 o'clock.
five watches plus two dog watches totalling seven watches in a day in nautical time.
30 min past 10 min past 10 hours
Why watches do not tell the same time
It means that the local time is fifty minutes to eleven o'clock in the morning or in the evening.
In the past, a common time measuring instrument was the sundial. Today, the usual measuring instruments for time are clocks and watches. For highly accurate measurement of time an atomic clock is used. Stop watches are also used to measure time in some sports.
Watches and clocks have been developed over a long time and made by many makers, and improved by many inventor, so it is not certain who was the "founder." The hands on a watch or clock, on display in a shop, etc, is usually set to 10 minutes past 10 as it makes the watch or clock look like it is smiling!
Watches are always photographed in ads for 10:10, too. It's so you can read the logo clearly without the hands cutting any part of it off.
The past tense of watches is watched... "Bob watched the baseball game last night"
Who Watches the Watchers was created on 1989-10-16.