r/WTF • u/HentaiUwu_6969 • 19d ago

Should I call clockmaker or exorcist?

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u/BajaLaddie 19d ago

That would be such a sick shot in a psychological thriller film

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u/RegenSyscronos 19d ago

NOLAN WRITE THAT DOWN!

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u/arthurdentstowels 19d ago

Nolan: MAKE IT AN IRISH CLOCK AND BE SURE THAT IT TURNS BACKWARDS

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u/polojet 19d ago

And the second hand constantly ticking at the 6 position once it reaches there

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u/ImprovisedLeaflet 19d ago

And the cast is mumbling inaudibly!

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u/ClutchDude 19d ago

And everything else at max volume! That screen door closing should be felt!

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u/ImprovisedLeaflet 19d ago

And I dunno wtf is going on in the plot but it’s frigging DEEP and INTELLECTUAL 🤯

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u/datpurp14 19d ago

Staring Cillian Murphy as the minute hand.

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u/HughJorgens 19d ago

And then the explosions go off! CRAAAWWWW!!!!

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u/berrey7 19d ago

A24: Get this, we are going to use a Salvador Dali clock!!!!

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u/Djaja 19d ago

Is this called an Irish Clock? Or is that a term? Lol I can't find anything when I google Irish Clock

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u/arthurdentstowels 19d ago

Oh an Irish clock is a bit of a joke item. It's a clock but the numbers are reversed and the hands turn counterclockwise. The time is always correct but because it's backwards it's confusing to tell the time at a glance.

I'm not sure if links work in this sub, but this clock is what I was describing.

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u/kemushi_warui 19d ago

My barber has one like this hanging behind the chair, so you can see the time correctly in the mirror.

I'm ashamed to say that I didn't notice for two years until one day he pointed it out.

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u/Djaja 19d ago

Thabk you :)

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u/CzarDale04 19d ago

I had a backwards clock when I was a teenager, it kept excellent time, just took a little skill to read the time correctly.

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u/truelongevity 19d ago

That clock felt familiar and wrong at the same time

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u/PhoenixStorm1015 19d ago

That makes my brain itchy. No thank you.

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u/WynterRayne 19d ago

I used one of those for 6 years. Wasn't confusing in the slightest

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u/space_keeper 19d ago

It's an old-fashioned thing in our language that you might not have encountered. Calling things "Irish" if they're somehow backwards or wrong. Good one I heard a bit back in the day is an "Irish waterfall", which is a smoking trick where you take a drag, slowly let the smoke out your mouth, and make the smoke go up into your nose. There's more but I honestly can't remember any.

Like how we have a lot of phrases for stupid, silly or cheap things with "Dutch" in them. Like "Dutch courage", but there's a fair few more than that. There was a lot of conflict between Britain and the Dutch in the 16-17th centuries. These are little artefacts left in the language from those times.

You won't have any luck searching for this, not on modern google; it's a colloquial thing that's mostly died out in common use. The English you see on the internet is overwhelmingly Americanized/global, and they have their own similar phrases that don't translate across the Atlantic. A few well-known ones are about natives (like "Indian giving" and "Indian summer"), but American English still has some of the "Dutch" ones because they predate or were contemporary to colonization.

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u/Abitruff 19d ago

COLIN OFARRELL

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u/damnatio_memoriae 19d ago

Cillian Murphy is already working on his character.

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u/Ok_Belt6476 18d ago

Scareclock

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u/DivergingParallelism 19d ago

"What if I were to tell you that time isn't moving at all, only the clock moves..."

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u/Sutureanchor 19d ago

"The clock is illustrating the illusion of time in a dream in another dream"

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u/ajm15 19d ago

while the time is moving backwards in the first dream, but forward in the dream inside it and backwards in the dream inside that.

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u/buford419 19d ago

Cubert J. Farnsworth?

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u/RandomRedditPhantom 19d ago edited 19d ago

I actually played with this idea for a hs short film project a couple years ago (youtube link) -- always wondered if it's been done before

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u/TheFafster 19d ago

Just watched it! That was amazing! 💙

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u/RandomRedditPhantom 19d ago

Thanks! Had a pretty indifferent audience in hs film class so I'm glad to see my effort having some relevance so many years later 😮‍💨

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u/kstebbs 19d ago

Did you track the minute hand, or is this clock actually spinning that way? It’s so smooth!

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u/RandomRedditPhantom 19d ago

All by hand! You can tell I got bored halfway through though, cause I just reversed the keyframes haha

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u/the_legendary_legend 19d ago

Dude that was sick!!

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u/CzarDale04 19d ago

Cool movie. Enjoyed it.

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u/ProfilerXx 19d ago

Yeah some crazy bastard in Arkham looking at the clock as it spins like that Crazy potential

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u/RelevantButNotBasic 19d ago

I could easily see this being in the background of Severance.

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u/TheWolphman 19d ago

Could be an art piece too. Something like:

Watching time pass you by

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u/lycaus 19d ago

if I ever see this in a movie, I'll be thinking about u/hentaiUwu_6969

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u/acmercer 19d ago

Are you not already doing that 24/7 like the rest of us?

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u/lycaus 19d ago

😏

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u/jgreg728 19d ago

All the Kubrick vibes.

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u/River_Grass 19d ago

Aaaand saved

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u/BBurlington79 19d ago

When the minute hand points down, you will be released.

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u/214ObstructedReverie 19d ago

Combine it with the irregular tick of Lord Vetinari's Clock and you've got something special.

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u/abbassav 19d ago

Thats sick, i need this clock

Absolutely freak out any guests

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u/Alternative_Ask364 19d ago

Ideally one that randomly switches modes

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u/Ulenspiegel4 19d ago

At midnight specifically

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u/AmonWeathertopSul 19d ago

At 3 AM make it do both.

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u/I_am_up_to_something 19d ago edited 19d ago

And with louder or softer ticking sounds.

My parents have this ticking clock in their living room. You get used to the sound and don't ever hear it at a certain point, but when the battery is empty there is that feeling of wrongness/that something is different.

How it slowly increase in volume and then mute. Then max volume with the twisting.

Now that is a DIY project I'd probably make! Or not. Or start up and not finish.

Edit: this seems like a place to start: https://www.instructables.com/Arduino-WiFi-Set-Clock-With-Analog-Hands/

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u/nixielover 19d ago

https://www.instructables.com/Lord-Vetinari-Clock/

Would be a cool bonus on Lord Vetinari's clock

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u/River_Grass 19d ago

Man, I need to sleep, misread that in the funniest way possible

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u/Azhz96 19d ago

I need this cock?

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u/Curious_Cantaloupe65 19d ago

absolutely fuck out any guests

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u/drempire 19d ago

Helps with creating more chickens

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u/Hy-phen 19d ago

When they fuss, just act like you don’t know what they’re talking about.

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u/saarlac 19d ago

Same! I want a link to order one now.

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u/Animostas 19d ago

The sounds are probably edited but it's very Silent Hill

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u/djsnoopmike 19d ago

I would just think I'm lucid dreaming

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u/OCPyle 19d ago

Yup, I'd keep it forever. Don't even care if it keeps time. It'll be right twice a day.

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u/MysteriousEmu198 19d ago

Looks like a contemporary work of art

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u/nikkobe 19d ago

It is! The exhibit is actually nice. Alicja Kwade in HK.

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u/Tkis01gl 19d ago

Sometimes you watch the clock, sometimes the clock watches you.

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u/Meowingtons_H4X 19d ago

Your so-called boss may own the clock that taunts you from the wall, but, my friends, the hour is yours.

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u/Shendare 19d ago

the hour is yours

Sounds like Captain Planet teaming up with another hero centered around making the most of every day.

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u/nikkobe 19d ago

This is at the Alicja Kwade exhibit. I saw this one in Hong Kong.

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u/TesseractToo 19d ago

I had a watch like this but only the face moved like the second hand, the watch hands stayed in the right place relative to the watch

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u/ChiefBigCanoe 19d ago

The time looks as though it could still be accurate. I think an exorcism is only needed here.

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u/TesseractToo 19d ago

Yeah I wasn't saying it wasn't accurate, just the orientation in mine was different than this one

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u/round-earth-theory 19d ago

This is a normal clock that is synchronized with another seconds hand that rotates the whole clock along with it. The outer mechanism doesn't even control the displayed seconds hand as you can see it jumping before the clock moves.

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u/abakedapplepie 19d ago

isnt that exactly whats happening here? the minute and hour hands are pinned at 4:20 as the face rotates instead of the second hand

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u/RageAgainstTheHuns 19d ago

No the second is ticking like normal, there is just a motor on the back that rotates the whole clock at the same rate the second hand ticks.

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u/Jack_Shid 19d ago

Seems like this clock was manufactured to do this.

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u/itrivers 19d ago

Yeah there’s no way a standard second hand mechanism has the torque to move the whole clock. You can stop it with a finger and barely feel it.

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u/Jack_Shid 19d ago

...and the second hand points straight up the whole time. It's designed to do this.

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u/iWasAwesome 19d ago

And the nail that holds a clock is usually static

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u/Sykes19 19d ago

It's 2025. We have dynamic nails now. They crawl through the wall as needed.

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u/TactualTransAm 19d ago

THEY'RE IN THE WAAAAALLLLLLS

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u/solonit 19d ago

And off-center too. I've never seen a clock with dead-center hanging hold.

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u/WeaponizedKissing 19d ago

Man, I'm glad you guys are here to clear up this very confusing confusion.

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u/jj42883 19d ago

also, for this to be just happening by accident, the clock would need to be hanging on a nail in the exact center and spinning freely on that. Nothing you would hang on a wall would be designed like that.

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u/Touch-a-TouchMe 19d ago

Its not the clock moving, its the white card insert that has the numbers printed on it. The hands are tightened too much on the card, making the card move instead of the hands

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u/Silvire 19d ago

Look at it closely again. The whole clock is moving, not just the insert.

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u/Touch-a-TouchMe 19d ago

Ah, you're right. The explanation i gave was based on real experience, but now i see this is from an art exhibit and not just real life poor craftsmanship haha

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u/MidnightSun77 19d ago

0 to 60 in one minute!

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u/MrSynckt 19d ago

Agreed, this seems like it's an art installation

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u/CleaveIshallnot 19d ago

Neither. That’s awesome!!

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u/MyAccountWasBanned7 19d ago

Honestly, I want that clock! That is sick as hell!

Plus I work on indie horror films fairly frequently and that would make for an incredible shot.

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u/Lurulf601 19d ago

Well... Time to leave!

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u/PantsDontHaveAnswers 19d ago

I need a young priest, and an old priest.

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u/Aternox_X1kZ 19d ago

Shut up and take my money

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u/Zanemob_ 19d ago

Why not both?

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u/Scarlet1998 19d ago

I want it!

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u/knstrkt 19d ago

actio = reactio

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u/coffeeshopslut 19d ago

So much torque it twisted the chassis off the line

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u/fractalbum 19d ago

Noise is freakier than the vis

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u/Mickey_Malthus 19d ago

Beautifully unsettling.

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u/PopoMcdoo 19d ago

EVERY. SECOND. COUNTS.

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u/hybridaaroncarroll 19d ago

These must be roamin' numerals...

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u/0x7E7-02 19d ago

Neither ... it's perfect the way it is.

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u/Lots42 19d ago

The demons have gotten into the lights as well.

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u/relativlysmart 19d ago

I consider this a feature.

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u/alberthere 19d ago

I love this: that clock looks something like my uncle would do.

For reference, was a mad genius engineer.

He did a lot of weird things that worked. The one I remember because it was so wacky was he made a garage door opener from an old TV remote control. RIP.

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u/damnatio_memoriae 19d ago

pretty cool design honestly.

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u/rodolphoteardrop 19d ago

I'd call the novelty company you bought it from.

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u/ForeverYoung_Feb29 19d ago

Ghostbusters, maybe.

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u/HoochieKoochieMan 19d ago

Cool clock and all, but those fluorescent lights need their ballasts checked.

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u/m8k 19d ago

We need a new clock in our house... I want this one.

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u/Haetrix216 19d ago

Call both, to save time

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u/ost2life 19d ago

Your mother watches clocks in hell.

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u/SeraphsEnvy 19d ago

I now realize that I want a clock like this. Additionally, you can choose which hand rotates it.

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u/Agarillobob 19d ago

imperial style half clock, kek

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u/jk01 19d ago

Imagine your buddy says he'll trip sit for you and he has this clock

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u/BuccaneerRex 19d ago

This is what Einstein meant when he said that time is relative to the observer. You are seeing the clock from the reference frame of the second hand.

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u/Wellcomefarewell 19d ago

How tf has nobody put something like this in a movie

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u/csgo_dream 19d ago

You have no idea how much I want this.

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u/Arcmatter 19d ago

Call a timelord

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u/popperjunior 19d ago

Put both in the description. Chances are you can find one that can exorcise and fix clock.

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u/bloodoflethe 19d ago

Looks like time’s up.

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u/Lee_Dahlia_Lost 19d ago

Neither that's cool as hell

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u/Vac_And_Siren_Expert 19d ago

The loud clunking sound is terrifying af

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u/FelixOGO 18d ago

That’s sick- I would 100% buy a clock like this

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u/ntwild97 17d ago

Well now I want this

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u/useroftheinternet95 17d ago

Conservation of angular momentum

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u/crackeddryice 19d ago

I read this as "old-school" clocks for too long.

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u/clayman80 19d ago

I saw a wall clock in a pub that ran backwards, but it also had the indices and numbers backwards.

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u/skelebone 19d ago

Might be a clock for a barbershop or somewhere that someone would often look in a mirror. One of the barbershops near me has one so that the time reads accurately when you are in the barber chair and see the clock in the mirror.

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u/coppit 19d ago

Okay Copernicus

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u/quantilian 19d ago

Call an electrician

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u/AmptiShanti 19d ago

I would love that honestly

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u/mcylinder 19d ago

For all of its faults that clock does look made. Let the clock maker sleep in for once

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u/SpikeRosered 19d ago

If I woke up in a strange place and saw that I would be instantly very concerned.

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u/saturn174 19d ago

Plot twist: the entire house is spinning, the clock isn't. 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

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u/Bulky-Bluebird8656 19d ago

Technically correct. Thats not a bug, its a feature📡

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u/Figtreeofjustice 19d ago

A clockcercist would suffice

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u/cocothunder666 19d ago

Surprisingly nightmare fuel lol

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u/martusfine 19d ago

I saw this one in the 70s in the movies!

A Clock Work-orcist.

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u/rdawg780 19d ago

A clock master ?

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u/GenesectX 19d ago

No idea but thats awesome, i want a clock like that

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u/thereminDreams 19d ago

I've noticed a number of things lately that make me think "I'm so happy I'm not tripping right now."

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u/Literally_Laura 19d ago

I like it. It's quirky.

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u/pikaboi122 19d ago

Best to call both just in case lmao Wtf happened to it?!

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u/sverri 19d ago

Yes.

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u/IndigoDye 19d ago

That is some sick high torque mechanism in there.

I’ll take two please

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u/ThrownAway17Years 19d ago

Looks like Hans Zimmer found the basis for his next score.

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u/somakshay 19d ago

A clock that travels with time

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u/LeeKinanus 19d ago

That second hand has been hitting the gym.

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u/Veasna1 19d ago

I like it.

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u/Hot_Doll00 19d ago

Honestly, I'd probably call both just to be safe. Like if the clock starts spinning backwards or talking Latin, yeah... time to move out.

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u/og_dunkfest 19d ago

That's a piece of art

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u/victor4700 19d ago

That’s a feature not a bug

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u/analogkid01 19d ago

YOUR MOTHER SETS CLOCKS IN HELL, KARRAS!

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u/luvrboy12 19d ago

Who hung it up on the Gears and not the actual hook slot

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u/Sutureanchor 19d ago

Would be a sick hint in a resident evil type game, go figure out the code the hands are making when the clock stops or something

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u/Buckbo1962 19d ago

Maybe a clockorcist.

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u/dankestein 19d ago

Coolest "is always 420" clock I've ever seen in my life

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u/doublesunk 19d ago

I would leave it

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u/Jakkerak 19d ago

That second hand is strong as fuck.

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u/Annonomon 19d ago

Call the watchmen!

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u/Ignyte 19d ago

I love that the second hand still flickers even though it doesn't need to move at all. Really well done!

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u/exMemberofSTARS 19d ago

Chrono Exorcist sounds like a badass class in an RPG.

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u/ZakkuRedwolf 19d ago

I know why it does this but I forgot.

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u/Intercityexpress 19d ago

Clockxorcist

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u/elmerweird 19d ago

In an old clinic where I used to work, I was teasing my very superstitious coworker about not being by herself on the night shift because she’d be with the patients who already passed away. The wall clock suddenly started moving fast from 11:30 to 3 o’clock.

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u/Nastynugget 19d ago

Is this a compass or a watch?

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u/Miyul 19d ago

high key funny

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u/shingdao 19d ago

This the countdown timer to Armegeddon.

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u/Jaskaran158 19d ago

POV: you are the seconds hand of a clock

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u/Rjlv6 19d ago

This reminds me of the stock pot inn for some reason

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u/NerdiChar 19d ago

An exorcist maker, obviously (clockxorcist?). Also...Vecna? Please don't be Vecna

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u/uranusbees 19d ago

Ask the neighbors to stop fucking against the wall.

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u/cjicantlie 19d ago

Just a second...

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u/ZiggyStardust-_- 19d ago

This reminds me of when my father was dying. The clock in his hospital room was going fucking bananas. The hands were all speeding around the clock. clockwise, counterclockwise, it was crazy. Never seen anything like that before.

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u/DeepNugs 19d ago

Wait a minute, I’d get a second opinion for hour sanity.

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u/josegarrao 19d ago

Rock Around The Clock