Most of them just follow the norm, no questions asked. Those who actually get watches clicked for advertisements and catalogues, etc don’t exactly attribute 10:10 to any of the above reasons. Now there isn’t any solid evidence to discredit this theory, so there might just be some truth to it. Some suggest that 10:10 on a watch looks like a ‘V’, and that is why the time on watches pictured post-war was meant to exemplify this very spirit of victory and hope. After the Allied powers won, the feeling of positivity and hopefulness gave rise to the letter ‘V’ being used as the symbol of victory. World War II contributes to this theory as well. Elements such as date windows and chronograph counters tend to appear at the three, six and nine o’clock positions, so the hands at 10:10 ensure that the view of these features remains unobstructed, as seen in this busy dial of the Corum Admiral’s Cup Legend 42 Chronograph watches The truth is that the atomic bombs were dropped at 8:15am and 11:02am, on August 6 and 9, 1945, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. People theorised that 10:10 is what we see in pictures because that was the time when one of the two bombs was dropped. It’s the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, America’s way to strong-arm Japan into admitting defeat and hence ending World War II. This goes beyond iconic personalities, and is about the devastating loss of innocent lives, with lifetimes of medical problems that many others faced because of it. The ultimate tragedy:ĭisaster continues in this list of theories. The truth is that Dr King was shot 6:01pm and declared dead 7:05pm. People have suggested that 10:10 was the time of death of the activist and the face of the American Civil Rights Movement. Another popular theory was again about an iconic American personality-Dr Martin Luther King Jr. When there’s something as strangely unexplainable like the time at which watches are photographed, obviously people go straight to something as ominous as death. Kennedy was shot at 12:30pm, and declared dead at 1:00pm. Lincoln was shot at 10:15pm, and died at 7:22am. So why not photograph all watches telling the time of death of an iconic American president! However, the truth is that neither of the above mentioned dead presidents died at 10:10. And even if Switzerland is the undisputed capital of watchmaking, America is still probably the largest market for watches. Hence, it’s not unlikely that their influence is seen in the visual representation of products such as watches. America has been a superpower for the most part, and they did play an instrumental role in paving the way for capitalism. It’s not such a far-fetched thought, come to think of it. They were both assassinated, and hence left the world ‘before their time’, giving their times of death added significance. Some even picked another beloved president of another century, President John F Kennedy. Of course, it should come as no surprise that America made 10:10 about themselves, and some of them claimed that the reason why we see that as the time on most watch and clock photographs is that it was President Abraham Lincoln’s time of death. Moreover, there is no clear or confirmed record of the time at which Huygens invented that first pendulum clock. While 17th century Dutch mathematician and scientist, Christiaan Huygens, who invented the first pendulum clock is often given that distinction, it is actually a series of inventions and developments over centuries that led to the clock and watch being the way it is today. The truth is that there is no one individual who can be solely credited with the invention of the modern clock or watch. Some have even gone on to theorise that 10:10 was the time of his ‘eureka’ moment, and that’s the first correct time that a working clock/watch displayed. It turns out that some even said he was born at that time, and that’s why he set his invention to 10:10 when it was done. It was not just his death that was theorised about. When I first happened to notice the 10:10, someone told me that the inventor of the clock died at 10:10, and hence picturing dials displaying that time was a tribute to him. The 10:10 Theories-Why Clocks Show 10:10 As The Time 1. From deaths and inventions to war and victory, the theories could seem plausible to an extent, but they’re mostly just bizarre. Obviously this is not officially recognised or observed anywhere, but it’s interesting to know the extent of people’s imagination to try and explain this phenomenon. Some have even gone so far as to connect 10:10 to October 10, calling it the ‘International Day Of Watches’. However, people over time have had some crazy theories to explain why. BUCHERER Manero Flyback EXPLORE THE COLLECTION A History Of 10:10-The Time On Clocks And Watches
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