because this is a clock that doesn’t just tick away and idly update the minutes/hours. Instead, a familiar Matrix-esque rain animation swoops in from above, exchanging old numbers for new.
For any time before 10 o'clock in the morning, a zero is placed at the beginning. The first two digits show the hour and the last two digits show the minutes. We don't use AM or PM here ...
[Stephen Hobley] has been experimenting with an electromagnetic pendulum in order to build himself a clock. Through the ... larger gears that track the minutes and hours. It’s looking good ...
Introduced in 1947, the clock is a symbolic instrument informing the public when humankind is facing imminent disaster. The movement of its hands, either forward or backward, is decided by the Science ...
When it debuted the clock's hand stood at seven minutes to midnight and it has been reset 23 times since. According to the Bulletin, its design was conceived by artist Martyl Langsdorf.