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Two buttons on the left flank of the case move the local hour hand forward or backward in one-hour increments.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 June 2024
This specific neo-vintage example from 2001 also features a bracelet with solid end links, and the 3185 movement with an independently adjustable hour hand.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 14 June 2024
The local hour hand is independently adjustable for quick setting.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2023
Lay the watch on a flat surface with the hour hand pointing toward the sun.
—Jerome B. Robinson, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
Mark a spot halfway between the hour hand and 12 o'clock.
—Jerome B. Robinson, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
If an image is reversed, an hour hand that appears to be to the left of six o’clock is actually to the right.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
Thread the two together, and glue the minute hand to the dowel and the hour hand to the PVC.
—Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2022
For analog timepieces, be prepared to crank the hour hand ahead by 60 minutes before going to bed Saturday night.
—Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 June 2024
This specific neo-vintage example from 2001 also features a bracelet with solid end links, and the 3185 movement with an independently adjustable hour hand.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 14 June 2024
The local hour hand is independently adjustable for quick setting.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2023
Lay the watch on a flat surface with the hour hand pointing toward the sun.
—Jerome B. Robinson, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
Mark a spot halfway between the hour hand and 12 o'clock.
—Jerome B. Robinson, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
If an image is reversed, an hour hand that appears to be to the left of six o’clock is actually to the right.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
Thread the two together, and glue the minute hand to the dowel and the hour hand to the PVC.
—Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2022
For analog timepieces, be prepared to crank the hour hand ahead by 60 minutes before going to bed Saturday night.
—Ginger Adams Otis, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
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“Hour hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour%20hand. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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