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Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:

> But even the Europeans have the hour hand go around the clock face
> twice a day - no one has tried to buck the trend and create a true
> 24-hour clock with one revolution per day.
> 
> Martin

Well, I have such a gadget. A wrist watch with a 24-hour clock face
where the hour arm makes one revolution per day. It is made in the
former Soviet Union, and from what I have heard it used to be part of
a submarine officer's standard equipment in the Soviet navy. As a
matter of fact, the 24-hour clock face is not quite uncommon in Russia
today, though the 12 hour face is still the norm.

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