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Comment on Do you read analog clocks to the exact minute? How do you do this quickly?

Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I … look at them. There is no actual thinking that occurs. If it is 9:22 then it is 9:22. If it is 9:23 then it is 9:23. I understand your question, but if the trailing side of the minute hand is not yet even with or past the plane of the upcoming minute, then it remains the previous minute.

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dingus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Maybe my vision just isn’t good enough, but the individual ticks for the minute hand are so small that I have difficulty without holding the watch closer to my face and studying it for a moment if it’s close to the next minute but not there yet. I don’t have old eyes either lol. It’s just small. Maybe a wall clock would be easier to see quickly.

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- sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  A bigger clock absolutely makes it easier to read the time down to the minute.
  
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- lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  the hands tell the time, not the ticks. if you know what way is up, then the angle is all you need.
  
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laranis@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Maybe to help the OP I’ll add a bit to your answer. The entire face of an analog clock is divided into fractional sections. Sounds like you’re really good at parsing those fractions, likely due to lots of practice.

So, big hand after the nine and before the ten? Between :45 and :50. First half of that? Between :46 and :47. More toward the beginning of the split? :46

Maybe OP hasn’t had as much practice so has to think about what 9 is in minutes? Nothing but practice would help get over that, I guess.

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