Real talk, is there some benefit to an analog clock that would prevent them from all being replaced by digital ones? Being able to know exactly the time in a moment's glance seems better to me.

They're certainly not better looking than a digital one, considering most of the ones used in schools are just the cheapest and most basic version they can get.

Power requirements maybe? Longevity?

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Can't do that with a digital display, can you?

[–] JeyNessuno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It literally says on the image you sent how to do it with a digital display (besides, it's pretty reasonable)

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Not if you can't imagine analogue clock.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago

Their method is "imagine a clock face showing that hour" how are you going to do that if you don't know how analogue clocks work?

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, but you have to imagine it, and some people have Aphantasia. Have a watch ready for when you suddenly can't form mental images any more and also get lost somewhere.

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