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At first glance, this looks like a simple clock with a large face and minute and hour hands.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Imagine a clock: If the hour hand starts at 10 and four hours pass, the clock will point to 2.
—Joseph Howlett, Wired News, 27 July 2025
Crafted in mother-of-pearl marquetry, the disc is ingeniously indexed to the hour hand and subtly shifts over time.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
The tip of the hour hand travels at a much slower place, at about 80 feet a day.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 4 July 2025
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Imagine a clock: If the hour hand starts at 10 and four hours pass, the clock will point to 2.
—Joseph Howlett, Wired News, 27 July 2025
Crafted in mother-of-pearl marquetry, the disc is ingeniously indexed to the hour hand and subtly shifts over time.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
The tip of the hour hand travels at a much slower place, at about 80 feet a day.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hour hand
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“Hour hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour%20hand. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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