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Anonymous — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:13:56 -0000

Easy to convert into dog years, too!

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Nathir — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:37:54 -0000

I made a mistake with interpreting the minute and second hands, but noon/midnight does point to 84 years. I think the correct view is that when the “hour hand” moves one minute-tick, 1.4 years have passed (= 7 years / 5 ticks).
Minute and second interpretation can be derived as follows:
--- 1 hour on the dial == 7 years
--- 1 minute on the dial = 1 hour / 60 == 7 years / 60 = 0.11667 years = 42.6 days
--- 1 second == 42.6 days / 60 = 0.71 days = 17 hours.

This means that you can “see” the second hand move to tick your life away every 17 hours.

-Nathir

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Andrew Liszewski — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:59:32 -0000

Actually I think Nathir is right. Looking more closely at the clock face there seems to be 7 years separating the numbers instead of just 5. (Even though there are only 5 sub-ticks.)

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FredM — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:50:15 -0000

Sorry Nathir, but I think you've got it wrong. There are 82 years on the clock (just like a normal clock shows 12 hours).
The minute hand will be 1/60th of a year, say 7.3 days (close enough to a week).
The second hand will be 1/60th of this, so it ticks to the next position every 2.9 hours.

This clock also resonates with me, and I think it would be very strange and disturbing to see your life tick away each day.

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Nathir — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:30:34 -0000

Correction, at midnight, it will be 77+7 = 84 years (not 82).
The minute hand will be 84/60 = 1.4 years
The second hand is 1.4 / 60 = 0.023333 years = 8.5 days.

Sorry for splitting hairs and missing the big picture :). I actually watched "The Bucket List" the other day and this clock is resonating with me somehow.