[time-nuts] Ten minutes past ten

[David Forbes]

At 10:22 PM -0500 8/3/09, Bill Hawkins wrote:
>Excuse me for asking a non-hardware question, but I'd like to know
>the origins of the time 10:10 being shown on clocks and watches in
>advertisements for same.
>
>The one that tipped me over the edge was the ad on the back of Science
>News for August 1, 2009. A talking watch says, "Ten-ten AM ..." as
>the hands show 10:10.
>
>How far back does that tradition go?
>
>Bill Hawkins

Bill,

The time of 8:18 is also used. They are both used simply because the 
hands are symmetrical on the face.


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