Cabinet of Clocks

Other ways to tell the time

Every drawer holds a working clock that cuts the day differently. They are all running now, all reading the same moment. Open one to learn how to read it and where it came from.

  1. No. 01Your local day

    French decimal time

     

    Ten hours to the day, a hundred minutes to the hour.

  2. No. 02Your local day

    The Chinese kè

     

    A hundred marks on the water clock.

  3. No. 03Your local day

    Hexadecimal time

     

    The day halved, and halved, and halved again.

  4. No. 04Your local day

    Ship’s bells

     

    Eight bells, and the watch is over.

  5. No. 05Universal

    Julian Day

     

    Days since noon, 1 January 4713 BC.

  6. No. 06Universal

    Unix time

     

    Seconds since 1970, the clock inside many computers.

  7. No. 07Universal

    Sidereal time

     

    A day measured against the stars, four minutes short.