[78-L] Metric minutes

[David Lennick]

Perfect..just have to paste that over the face on this one!

dl

Kristjan Saag wrote:
> David Lennick wrote:
> 
> 
>> So I went onto eBay and found over 300 stopwatches of all types, digital 
>> and "real",
>> including one old timer that had a "Buy It Now" bid of $15 and the 
>> assurance
>> that it "works great". It does indeed work great, but I've never seen one 
>> like
>> this..each minute is divided into 10 groups of 10 instead of 12 groups of 
>> 5.
>> What on earth would be the purpose of a watch like this? (And who can I 
>> unload
>> it on?)
> --
> What's the problem?
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Horloge-republicaine1.jpg
> Kristjan
>