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Re:All clocks are 30 seconds late by perryizgr8 on Monday January 06, 2025 @03:23PM (#42615269)
I see these clocks often in railway stations (I live in India). There is no seconds hand. The minute and hour hands move in clicks, not smoothly like most clocks.
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Re:All clocks are 30 seconds late by seabass-labrax on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @12:48AM (#42619667)
The clocks in German railway stations have second hands which 'click'. It's particulary fun how the seconds hand runs slightly fast so that it can pause on the minute, waiting momentarily for a synchronization pulse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMSBJzN35u0

Swiss stations are similar but have contiuously moving second hands. I could have sworn this clock characteristic was indeed called 'Swiss motion' but I can't find any such reference on the Web...

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