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Analogwatch
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Analogwatch(sometimesspelledanaloguewatch)isanexampleofaretronym.Itwascoinedtodistinguishanalog
watches,whichhadsimplybeencalled"watches",fromnewerdigitalwatchesseewatchandclock.
Thenamereferstothedesignofthedisplay,[1]regardlessofthetimekeepingtechnologyusedwithinthewatch.
Adigitalwatchisoneinwhichthetimeisdisplayedasaseriesofdigits,e.g."13:37".Ananalogwatchisoneinwhich
thedisplayisnotdigital,butisindicated(typically)bythecontinuousmotionofone,two,orthreerotatingpointersor
handspointingtonumbersarrayedonacirculardial(thehourhand'smovementbeinganalogoustothepathoftheSun
acrossthesky).

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Readingthetimeonaanalogwatch
Usingawatchandthesunasacompass
References
Seealso

Ananalogwatch

Readingthetimeonaanalogwatch
Ananalogwatchhashandstoshowthetime.Oneforthehoursisshortandthick.Onefortheminutesislongandthick.Andsometimesoneforthe
secondswhichislongandthin,thisisclearlythesecondhandbecauseitgoesroundsofast.Analogwatchesforadultsdon'talwayshaveanynumbers
on.Theyaresupposedtoknowtheorderofthenumbersalready.Oftenthe12o'clockpositionismarked.

Usingawatchandthesunasacompass

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Ananalogwatchcanbeusedtolocatenorthandsouth.TheSunappearstomoveintheskyovera24hourperiodwhile
thehourhandofa12hourclockfacetakestwelvehourstocompleteonerotation.Inthenorthernhemisphere,ifthe
watchisrotatedsothatthehourhandpointstowardtheSun,thepointhalfwaybetweenthehourhandand12o'clockwill
indicatesouth.Forthismethodtoworkinthesouthernhemisphere,the12ispointedtowardtheSunandthepoint
halfwaybetweenthehourhandand12o'clockwillindicatenorth.Duringdaylightsavingtime,thesamemethodcanbe
employedusing1o'clockinsteadof12.
Therearerelativelyminorinaccuraciesduetothedifferencebetweenlocaltimeandzonetime,andduetotheequation
oftime.Themethodfunctionslesswellasonegetsclosertotheequator.
1.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/analogue+clock

References
Seealso
Clock
Watch
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Amethodtoidentifynorth
andsouthdirectionsusing
thesunanda12hour
analogueclockorwatchset
tothelocaltime,10:10a.m.
inthisexample.

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