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What's with the oversized minute markers at 3, 6 and 9 mins on the chrono scale? I'd thought that maybe that was the reason for the different spacing for the 10 but it's not, is it. The 10 on the seconds subdial is just wiiiiide.
Detritus-
It’s an old feature that was for timing telephone charges. The charge ticked up every three minutes so you could time your call appropriately.
It’s an anachronism now of course.
I actually think it might have been the reason why they tightened the 10 on that dial. That one is the exception, they accidentally made it better than the others. 🙃
Regal
Found my first font gripe with it - the spacing of the 1 & 0 in the number 10 is different on the left and right subdials.
It’s also got the over-spaced 1s around the tachy scale. Ah well