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The tip of the hour hand travels at a much slower place, at about 80 feet a day.
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Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 4 July 2025
Imagine a clock: If the hour hand starts at 10 and four hours pass, the clock will point to 2.
—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
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Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 4 July 2025
Imagine a clock: If the hour hand starts at 10 and four hours pass, the clock will point to 2.
—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
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“Hour hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour%20hand. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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