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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smother" data-source="post: 7829749" data-attributes="member: 166532">Why is 10:10 the Default Setting for Clocks and Watches? I have always wondered why clocks, watches, timepieces etc. always  say (roughly) 10:10 before you set the correct time? If you go in a  store selling any kind of time-telling device, that is the default  factory setting. Why is that?!!”<img src="http://wwwc.mentalfloss.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/watches-1010.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  First things first, let’s get the myths out of the way. There are  plenty of people out there who think that clocks in advertisements and  in-store displays are set this way memorialize Abraham Lincoln/John F.  Kennedy/Martin Luther King Jr. because that was the time at which they  were shot or died. In reality, Lincoln was shot at 10:15 p.m., and died  the next morning at 7:22 a.m., JFK was shot at 12:30 p.m. CST and was  pronounced dead 1 p.m. and MLK was shot 6:01 p.m. and pronounced dead at  7:05 p.m. Another theory has it that 10:10 was the time that an atomic bomb was  dropped on either Nagasaki or Hiroshima, and the setting is in memory  of the casualties. The Fat Man bomb was actually dropped on the former  at 11:02 a.m. local time and the Little Boy on the latter at 8:15 a.m.  local time. <img src="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/grandfather-clock.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://mentalfloss.cachefly.net/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/lacoste-watch.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The real reason for the  setting? Aesthetics.The 10:10 position gives the clock or  watch a number of benefits: • The hands not overlapping, so they’re fully and clearly visible and  their styling can be admired.• The arrangement of the hands is symmetrical, which people generally  find more pleasant than asymmetry, making the product more appealing to  customers.• The manufacturer’s logo, usually in the center of the face under the  12, is not only visible, but nicely framed by the hands.• Additional elements on the face (like date windows secondary dials),  usually placed near the 3, 6, or 9, won’t be obscured.According to the folks at Timex (who set their products at 10:09:36  exactly), the standard setting used to be used to 8:20, but this made  the face look like it was frowning. To make the products look “happier,”  the setting was flipped into a smile (occasionally, you’ll still see  the 8:20 setting on some clocks or watches where the manufacturer’s logo  is at bottom of the face above the 6).According to Wikipedia Analog watches as well as clocks are often marketed showing a display  time of approximately 10:09 or 10:10. This creates a visually pleasing  smile-like face on upper half of the watch. Digital displays often show a  time of 12:38, where the increases in the numbers from left to right  culminating in the fully-lit numerical display of the 8 also gives a  positive feeling<img src="http://gadgetscrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/oregon-scientific-self-setting-atomic-projection-clock.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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