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[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Lol thank you but I do know how a wind up clock works ๐Ÿ˜, I have just never seen one going "backwards".

Here's one on my stove:

Maybe it's a European/ US difference?

[โ€“] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Ah that makes sense. Maybe it's a European/US difference, but it could be just a Time Timer thing. My air fryer is from an American company and it has the same timer as you (wind it up clockwise, then the hand moves counter-clockwise).

I wonder if both types of timers (wind up clockwise and wind up counter-clockwise) seek to distinguish themselves from normal clocks in different ways:

  • Wind up clockwise timers (like your stove and my airfryer) let you know it's not a normal clock by flowing counter-clockwise.
  • Clockwise timers (like a Time Timer) let you know it's not a normal clock by having a red disk slowly become smaller.