hour hand

noun

: the short hand that marks the hours on the face of a watch or clock

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Other highlights include an open-faced montre à tact (a watch that replicates the internal hour hand on the cover of the pocket watch via an arrow so that time could be read via touch) with a calendar and moonphase indications that was the inspiration for the Ref. 3330. —

Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025 The two buttons on the left side of the case allow the local-time hour hand to be moved backward and forward in one-hour increments. —

Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2024 This timepiece indicates a second time zone with an additional skeletonized hand that can be hidden behind the hour hand when its owner is not traveling. —

Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024 At the behest of PanAm Airlines at the dawn of the jet-set era, Rolex developed a 24 hour hand with which their pilots could track a second time zone against the now iconic red and blue bicolor bezel. —

Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for hour hand