What kind of watch is this with two number lines for hours and mins?
March 5, 2017 10:06 AM Subscribe
This watch just came up on an auction site that I follow and I want to learn more about this style.
It seems that using a watch or clock like this would be so much easier to read than the kind we use today. I'm trying to help my daughter learn to tell time and I would like to find a clock like this.
So what I'm looking for is the name of this type of watch/clock face so that I can google it and find a clock that's like it. If you have info on the history of it, that would be great too!
It seems that using a watch or clock like this would be so much easier to read than the kind we use today. I'm trying to help my daughter learn to tell time and I would like to find a clock like this.
So what I'm looking for is the name of this type of watch/clock face so that I can google it and find a clock that's like it. If you have info on the history of it, that would be great too!
Best answer: That particular model is meant to look like a 1930s jump-hour watch, but isn't really one. (Stauer is a Chinese-made brand doing "replicas" in a vaguely historic, vaguely German aesthetic.)
posted by holgate at 10:53 AM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by holgate at 10:53 AM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
If you want to help your child learn to tell time, you would be better served by a traditional dial that has very clear markings for hours and minutes. For example, this page has a number of examples. I like the Bai What Time Is It Learning Clock. By using a traditional dial, the kid will eventually be able to read any analog clock at a glance.
posted by metahawk at 12:26 PM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by metahawk at 12:26 PM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
Best answer: The search term you would want is "jump watch," or "jump hour watch," and there are lots of them available - ones from the 70's and later are much more affordable. While I agree that it might make it easier for your daughter to learn to tell time from a watch with one, if that's your goal a digital watch is even easier - and learning from a jump watch won't actually teach her how to read an analog clock face, so you might be making things harder for her in the long run.
posted by Mchelly at 12:56 PM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Mchelly at 12:56 PM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Yea, this is a jump hour watch. They are the coolest.
posted by ElectricGoat at 1:10 PM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by ElectricGoat at 1:10 PM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Thanks - "jump hour" is what I needed.
And I should've been more clear. My daughter can't grasp the concept of minutes and hours on the same clock face and has trouble remembering the order of time (can't ever remember if minutes are longer than seconds or not, etc). I was thinking this might make just the whole idea kind of click in her brain and then we can work on a regular clock.
posted by dawkins_7 at 3:11 PM on March 5, 2017
And I should've been more clear. My daughter can't grasp the concept of minutes and hours on the same clock face and has trouble remembering the order of time (can't ever remember if minutes are longer than seconds or not, etc). I was thinking this might make just the whole idea kind of click in her brain and then we can work on a regular clock.
posted by dawkins_7 at 3:11 PM on March 5, 2017
How would your daughter handle a single-handed watch? If you're trying to teach her how to tell time on a traditional clock face, those at least have the hours in the same locations as a two-handed watch.
posted by strangecargo at 3:28 PM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by strangecargo at 3:28 PM on March 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
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And they still make them!
And they're on sale!
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