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Imagine a clock: If the hour hand starts at 10 and four hours pass, the clock will point to 2.
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Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2025
By modifying the watch’s automatic movement, Rolex could give it an independently adjustable local hour hand.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
Here, the Earth is once again the center of the universe with Mars as the hour hand, the moon as the minute hand and a satellite as the seconds hand.
—Michael Solomon, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The minute and hour hands and the hands in the subdials are gold-plated.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 2 June 2025
By modifying the watch’s automatic movement, Rolex could give it an independently adjustable local hour hand.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
Here, the Earth is once again the center of the universe with Mars as the hour hand, the moon as the minute hand and a satellite as the seconds hand.
—Michael Solomon, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The minute and hour hands and the hands in the subdials are gold-plated.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Hour hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour%20hand. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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