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Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: funtimefrankie on October 26, 2010, 08:54:56 am

Title: 24 hour clocks
Post by: funtimefrankie on October 26, 2010, 08:54:56 am
Why do you never see a clock which has a 24 hour face?

That is one which the hour hand does one rev. a day, not the normal 2. 6am would be where 3 is now, 12 noon would be at the bottom and 6pm (18.00hrs) where 9 is now.
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: Netleyned on October 26, 2010, 08:58:26 am
http://wareseeker.com/free-24-hour-clock-face/

Here's one for you Frankie


Ned
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: colin-d on October 26, 2010, 09:26:18 am
how many would you like..??

LS7529D  24 Hour Garden Clock  On Sale: £19.99 (http://www.greenfingers.com/superstore/product.asp?dept_id=221&pf_id=LS7529D&co=fr)

Images coming out of your ears on the internet. (http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=24+hour+clock&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=Lo_GTNSUI8OfOtjg6f0B&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=6&ved=0CEUQsAQwBQ&biw=1132&bih=707)

there must be more shops out there somewere....  :D
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: Number 6 on October 26, 2010, 12:05:25 pm
Why does the clock on Ch4 Countdown go to 60?? Dave... O0
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: tigertiger on October 26, 2010, 12:07:36 pm
Ah! So that is why my wife thinks there are 60 hours in a day  :((
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: dodgy geezer on October 26, 2010, 03:01:22 pm
http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/ac3f_pop_quiz_clock.jpg
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: boatmadman on October 26, 2010, 08:13:32 pm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tobar-Backwards-Clock/dp/B000GB7BNM

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Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: toesupwa on October 29, 2010, 02:24:45 am
I saw a watch on Sunday that had a 24 hour face..
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: funtimefrankie on October 29, 2010, 10:23:00 am
I know they are available, but you never see them where they might be useful..airports, trading floors in stockexchanges etc. I don't see the need for one in a garden. %)
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: Netleyned on October 29, 2010, 05:22:12 pm


 don't see the need for one in a garden.


OK in the land of the midnight sun


Ned
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: dave301bounty on October 29, 2010, 09:11:34 pm
The Americans have them on their warships ,a 24  hour dial .The case is a black hardend plastic ,Fantastic clocks ,very much collectable ,similar to u boat clocks .There are two on the American e bay ,and pricey .
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: derekwarner on October 29, 2010, 10:59:08 pm
RAN vessels [DDGs & FFG's also had/have a 24 hour analogue round faced clocks in their fire control operations center....not sure about the Collins class submarines but is is a safe assumption  :-)) ...Derek
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: dave301bounty on October 30, 2010, 08:19:35 pm
Hello to Woolangong. I have family there ,your right about the R A N ,they to have these clocks ,and in there subs they have a very clever illuminous face with a white and green type sweep hand .
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: BarryM on October 31, 2010, 10:52:30 am
There used to be - and probably still is - a 24-hr clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, set in the boundary wall near the entrance gate and a few feet from the Meridien.

Barry M
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: derekwarner on October 31, 2010, 11:42:46 am
That is interesting Barry...so could we conclude that clock is "a few feet divided by the circumference of the earth"....either  {-) advanced or behind that old GREENWICH [GMT]?....
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: BarryM on October 31, 2010, 12:36:24 pm
No you can't!  :P 

See here http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=ZAA0533

As it's a slave, the Master may well be on the Meridean. Search on 'Shepherd gate Clock' for more.

Cheers,

Barry M
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: Wasyl on October 31, 2010, 12:45:15 pm
Whilst having a clearout,of all my "come in Handies"i came across a Bakelite Seth Thomas Clock,..I searched the net,to see if i could find out more about it,and,hopefully have struck gold?...here is a pic of one that i found,its circa 1942 there is one on American ebay with a start price in excess of $2000

(http://s4.postimage.org/uY1YS.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/1quml4w4k/)

Wullie
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: BarryM on October 31, 2010, 12:58:52 pm
You may be about to find a lot of friends you never knew you had.  O0

Barry M
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: dave301bounty on November 02, 2010, 08:42:21 pm
Your Seth Thomas clock , There is a chap in Germany who buys ,bought one of me 4 years ago ,and I got good money for it ,You should be able to sort out the site in Germany . good luck.
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: funtimefrankie on November 03, 2010, 08:23:42 am
There was an old clock on TV yesterday that the hour hand did a rev every four hours, instead of 12. .....   for  ships' watches on we were told.
Title: Re: 24 hour clocks
Post by: Bryan Young on November 05, 2010, 05:30:03 pm
All sorts of different clocks are "out there"! This is an 8" dia. standard issue MoD clock, now adorning my living room. Can cause a bit of confusion to a first time viewer. BY.