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.
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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.
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25 past 10 in the evening 10:25 pm
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.
It means that the local time is fifty minutes to eleven o'clock in the morning or in the evening.
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five watches plus two dog watches totalling seven watches in a day in nautical time.
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!
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 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.
In the past the designers of the Movado watches have also designed watches for Coach. They have also worked for Tiffinay and Company, and Cartier, and even worked with Andy Warhol.
Some common objects people in the past used to measure time include sundials, water clocks, hourglasses, and candle clocks. These were effective tools for tracking time before the invention of mechanical clocks and watches.