Why is it always 10:10 in Adworld?

[Mad Doug Biker]

Fantastic!
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Yes, Mondaine did a watch with one hand called the 'Don't Rush' watch too, which does it in 5 minute steps, making it look rather more busy than the simple looking watch above!.

Defakto eh? I'll need to look that up!

 

[slowmotion]

MDB, there's an even simpler one too...
http://www.watchismo.com/Defakto-watch.aspx

 

[ColinJ]

Looks like this one is running slow ...

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

MDB, there's an even simpler one too...
http://www.watchismo.com/Defakto-watch.aspx

Cool! Thanks!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Oh, I see the price of them!

I'll have to check my wallet methinks!

 

[Over The Hill]

Yes to smiley face look but also it simply looks right. It is one of those things.
Same as things will be grouped in odd numbers in the jewellers window.
Mens clothes button with the left side on top, womens with the right.
Suntan ads always show blondes, hair removal or razors dark haired women.
The man in the jeans ad always will look cool even in a pair of Primark jeans. I will always look like I have on Primark jeans no matter how much I paid for them.

 

[EltonFrog]

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Now that is a nice kettle.

 

[coffeejo]

Years ago, back in the early eighties, I used to work in a jewellers shop. We always had the watches on display at 10:10, just looked nicer.

Same here, but a decade or so later . My most-hated job was winding the clocks once a week. And being anywhere near them when they struck the hour. Especially midday.

 

[laurence]

another reason - at 10:10 the hands are at a position that, if there was no mechanism inside the watch, they would fall down... it was a way of showing there were parts inside the watch, apparently.

 

[Night Train]

I heard, many, many years decades ago that it was because it put the least stress on the cogs of a mechanical watch when it wasn't running. This was back in the day when watches were all mechanical. No idea if that has any truth in it though.


On the subject of Omega Seamaster watches, this is mine. It was my Dad's and he wore it for as long as I can remember.

ETA: I just had a look on Ebay and found the exact same watch for sale!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENTS-VIN...es_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item564db187e0

 

[slowmotion]

another reason - at 10:10 the hands are at a position that, if there was no mechanism inside the watch, they would fall down... it was a way of showing there were parts inside the watch, apparently.

By that token, the Defakto is positively impotent.

 

[Globalti]

Anybody got an atomic watch? I quite fancy the idea of being in perfect time.

 

[spire]

There are lots of watches available from £50 that are linked to the radio time signal – so they are always 'in perfect time'. In this context it seems bizarre to me that some people will pay £thousands for a watch. I suppose they are treating it as jewelry.

 

[EltonFrog]

I heard, many, many years decades ago that it was because it put the least stress on the cogs of a mechanical watch when it wasn't running. This was back in the day when watches were all mechanical. No idea if that has any truth in it though.


On the subject of Omega Seamaster watches, this is mine. It was my Dad's and he wore it for as long as I can remember.
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ETA: I just had a look on Ebay and found the exact same watch for sale!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENTS-VIN...es_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item564db187e0

Do you wear that watch? If not you should, a lovley time piece, send it off to Omega for a service, a clean, and a new crystal, itll give you years of loyal service

 

[EltonFrog]

There are lots of watches available from £50 that are linked to the radio time signal – so they are always 'in perfect time'. In this context it seems bizarre to me that some people will pay £thousands for a watch. I suppose they are treating it as jewelry.

You are sort of right, a traditional watch is a piece of jewellery, but it also knowing that a handcrafted time piece is a work of art made by an artisan, not some nameless electronic device. I suppose one could compare it to having a bike shaped object from Lidle tor having a had crafted made to measure Italian bicycle. They both get you down the shops in the end.