[78-L] Metric minutes

[David Lennick]

David Sanderson wrote:
> David Lennick wrote:
>> found..stopwatch..each minute is divided into 10 groups of 10 instead of 12 groups of 5.
> 
> I'd guess you might have a watch designed for timing athletic events, 
> which operate in tenths and hundredths of seconds.
> 
Which would make sense except that the face isn't divided into seconds but 
hundredths of a minute. Again, what would this have been used for?

dl