: the short hand that marks the hours on the face of a watch or clock
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Recent Examples on the WebThe simplified construction of the UN-230 movement is a blend of the UN-118 and UN-150 calibers featuring a carousel acting as the hour hand attached to a wheel in the center of the dial. Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022 The hour hand and octagonal hour markers at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock are filled with a slightly lighter hue of green Super-LumiNova, and the remaining octagonal hour markers are all edged with black lacquer. Carol Besler, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021 The movement is the automatic BR-CAL325, with hours, minutes, central seconds, second time zone and date, with quick setting of the GMT hand, independently of the hour hand. Carol Besler, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2021 This dual time zone watch uses Patek Philippe’s signature skeletonized hand to display the hours of a second time zone, while the solid hour hand shows local time. Kristen Shirley, Forbes, 27 May 2021 When at home, the skeletonized hand disappears beneath the solid hour hand, an elegant solution. Kristen Shirley, Forbes, 27 May 2021 As the particle circles the magnet, its hour hand goes around and around at a rate predicted by theory. Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2021 Created in partnership with Parisian artist Romaric Andre, alias seconde/seconde/, the new Endeavour Centre Seconds Concept X seconde/seconde/ has an hour hand in the shape of a pixelated rubber eraser. Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2021 Imagine winding the hour hand of a clock back from 3 o’clock to noon.Quanta Magazine, 6 Sep. 2018 See More