Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?

[driusan@doomscroller.social]

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online Sometimes I forget to wind it and it falls behind and isn't accurate but generally yes.

[drewcommins@mastodon.social]

@MelissaBearTrix During my last physical, I was asked to draw hands on a blank clock face to show a specific time. The nurse said that's a standard test they give after you pass a certain age.

[reiddragon@fedi.catto.garden]

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online only on 6h clocks

[las_lallero@puntarella.party]

@MelissaBearTrix of course, thanks to these awesome guys https://www.flikflak.com/it-it/garden-friends-fbnp253/FBNP253.html

[snapai@dragon.style]

@MelissaBearTrix
Yea, and tho I prefer the numbers, I really like how the analog dials visually show the progression as a cycle, rather than "well you see this one resets to 00 after 59, but this one resets to either 00 after 23, or 01 after 12, flipping the morning/evening indicator one increment earlier"

[bahamut@nrw.social]

@MelissaBearTrix there are people who can't?

[mbr@blahaj.zone]

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online as a wearer of a mechanical watch, yes.

[gringlegrif@mstdn.ca]

@MelissaBearTrix Both of my children can use them too

[cimb4@norden.social]

@MelissaBearTrix i can only tell the time from midnight till noon because it only goes up to 12

[bsandro@bsd.network]

@MelissaBearTrix
I know the time faster when looking on analog clock (unlike digital).

[lilstevie@infosec.exchange]

@MelissaBearTrix I daily an automatic, so definitely.

[belousium@mastodon.social]

@MelissaBearTrix someone on twitter belives that 24 hours format is used only by soldiers 🥲

[fetchrobin@mastodon.green]

@MelissaBearTrix For what it's worth, I can't read a binary clock.

[duncan_blues@norden.social]

@MelissaBearTrix
Follow-up question:
Can you dial a number on a rotary dial phone?

[duncan_blues@norden.social]

@MelissaBearTrix yes and I deliberately installed an analog watch face on my smart watch. I much prefer a watch with analog hands over digits. My favorite wrist watch is a purely mechanical one with automatic (self winding up) gears.

[neuimneuland@mastodon.social]

@MelissaBearTrix Not exactly, it might me 12 hours off.

[athanspod@social.linux.pizza]

@MelissaBearTrix Being 54, yeah, but these days it'll take me a few moments to parse it, as I prefer digital.

[mdione@en.osm.town]

@Dexruus @MelissaBearTrix some people find reading and calculating hours easier on face clocks. See for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeopkvAP-ag&pp=ygUcdGVjaG5vbG9neSBjb25uZWN0aW9ucyBjbG9jaw%3D%3D

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@MelissaBearTrix this made me wonder about something... before mechanical time pieces, how did people keep time after the sun went down or on days cloudy enough to make a sundial unreadable?

Surely there were some attempts to keep time under those conditions!

[dreamredo@zirk.us]

@MelissaBearTrix M-maybe, with enough time, I can tell time on analog clock. ^^ It's been like 2 years since I've bought my first analogue clock and it run out of batteries twice, so I haven't been using it for a bit. But now I'm returning to it, since my smartphone runs out of batteries too fast too. ^^"