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hour hand

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hour hand [′au̇r ‚hand]
(horology)
The pointer that indicates the hour on a timepiece.


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This original and ingenious marriage between technology and aesthetics depends on two mobile discs around the dial: a 24-hour ring is synchronised with the hour hand.
Early watches used the verge escapement, they didn't have a hair spring to regulate the balance and had only an hour hand, as they were not accurate enough to warrant a minute hand.
The minute hand flies past the hour hand, The hour hand flies off the clock, And travels throughout minds, Of the young, The old.
 
 
 
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