Internet Horology Club 185
Nice Howard dial

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August 01, 2010, 22:48
Samie L. Smith
Nice Howard dial
Here is a very nice Howard dial a little different than the usally howard monty dial.


August 01, 2010, 22:48
Samie L. Smith
Backed up with a mint series 10 movement


August 02, 2010, 10:21
Mike LaForest
Thank goodness "they" didn't go to the decimal system when measuring time way back when. I can't imagine a Montgomery dial with 100 minute marks Big Grin

Samie, you scored again. Beautymous dial!

By the way...why didn't they use metrics with time? thy use metric time on stop watches.
August 02, 2010, 23:05
Michael Kosinenko
I remember on one of my watch trips that I saw a very rare watch with 10 instead of 12 hours on the dial. Decimal time was most recently used during the French Revolution for a very short period. The whole day was divided into 10 hours total! See the Wikipedia entry here. They even have a picture of a 10 hour watch there.


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August 03, 2010, 13:08
Mike LaForest
Thanks Mike! That Wikipedia entry was a very interesting read.