[time-nuts] Are minutes more important in astronomy than seconds and hours ?

[Jean-Louis Rault]

Hi all

A friend of mine offered me a secondary electric clock that was in use 
at Observatoire Royal de Belgique, in Brussels, at the end of the 19th 
century.

The manufacturer is Peyer Favarger & Co, Neuchatel, Switzerland.

I'm wondering why the largest hand is used for minutes, and the smaller 
hands for hours and seconds

Any idea ?

Jean-Louis
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