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Title: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: mahdil.khatib121 on October 07, 2016, 11:13:46 AM: Why are display watches in advertisements and in stores usually set to about 10:10?
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Post by: Jedirat on October 07, 2016, 11:17:36 AM: To allow the date, logo and brand of the watch easily notified by the viewers, IMHO.
Title: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: ck77 on October 07, 2016, 11:43:16 AM: Resemblance of a smiling face which pleasing to the eyes.

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Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: mwfchai on October 07, 2016, 12:08:40 PM: Jedirat is correct

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Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: Cocas on October 07, 2016, 02:22:04 PM: Quote from: mahdil.khatib121 on October 07, 2016, 11:13:46 AM
Why are display watches in advertisements and in stores usually set to about 10:10?

I thought the time should be 10:12 so that hour and minute hands form a perfect 90degree.
Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: meoramri on October 07, 2016, 02:47:31 PM: There is no singular reason why it is done so. Suffice to say it makes it more symmetrical.
Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: TickTock on October 07, 2016, 04:42:39 PM: If you check the Rolex web site, most watches have hands set at 10:10:31.

The Daytona has hands with the hour at 10, the minute hand at almost 11 and the second hand at 55.

Cellini's have the 10:10:37.

Yacht-Master II is 10:11:27.

Apple watch uses 10:09:30.

iPhone and iPad use 9:41 as it was the time in the Apple presentation when Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007. there have been a few other times used in advertisements but 09:41is the standard.

Timex uses 10:09:36.

Tag Heuer uses 10:10:37.

Omega tends to use 10:08:37.

And I'm sure there are many other variations.
Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: ndtaan on October 08, 2016, 10:40:55 AM: Quote from: ck77 on October 07, 2016, 11:43:16 AM
Resemblance of a smiling face which pleasing to the eyes.

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I think this is reason,I've read about it that they actually hire a consultant to determine where the hr and min hand should be in the advertisment
Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: andrewhtf on October 10, 2016, 07:09:42 AM: Both jedirat and ck99 is correct. The answer is a combination of the two
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Post by: leonggyooi on October 10, 2016, 10:21:05 AM: The best position to display a Watch dial..
Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: mahdil.khatib121 on October 10, 2016, 01:29:30 PM: Quote from: Jedirat on October 07, 2016, 11:17:36 AM
To allow the date, logo and brand of the watch easily notified by the viewers, IMHO.
Quote from: ck77 on October 07, 2016, 11:43:16 AM
Resemblance of a smiling face which pleasing to the eyes.
I am also agree with these 2 guys. I think resemblance of a smiling face is good for me.
Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: Cocas on October 10, 2016, 09:09:24 PM: But 2:50 is a smiling face too. Howcome 2:50 is not popular?!?

10:10 resembles a big ? tick, and it's positive!
Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: JeepWH on October 11, 2016, 06:33:56 AM: Aesthetically pleasing, and not obscuring the brand, day/date, and other complications.
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Post by: psychokandy on October 16, 2016, 05:07:25 PM: smiley face and to show the brand....:D
Title: Re: Why Are Watch Hands Usually Set To About 10:10?
Post by: watchdiver on October 18, 2016, 12:41:14 AM: It's funny that I never noticed this before, but it definitely must be so you can see the dial element as clearly as possible (including all text).

It also seems to stay out of the way on the most common chrono layouts: