analogue clocks

Timepieces with hands

Analogue clocks display time through the physical position of hands rotating around a dial, rather than through digital numerals.

The hour hand, minute hand, and often a second hand point to numbers or marks on the clock face.

The spelling analog is more common in American English.

Kids today can't read an analogue clock.

Related

telling time · winding · wind up · hands · face · escapement · second hand · tick tock · horology · pendulum · movement · Swiss movement · timeclocks · minute hand · Roman numerals · pocketwatches · chiming · stopwatch

Opposites
display technology

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Electronic time readouts

digital watches · digital displays

technological era

analogue clockssmartwatches

Computerized wrist devices

atomic clocks · smart displays · digital clocks

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G