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The hour and minute hands are in pink gold with a satin brushed finish and black SLN.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The blue sunburst dial, adorned with horizontal relief embossing, is enhanced by applied baton-style hour markers and rounded baton-style hour and minute hands in white gold with a white luminescent coating.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The hour and minute hands feature luminescent tips for day and night visibility.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 9 Oct. 2024
Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Manual-Winding 39 mm Long a staple of the Vacheron Constantin catalog, the Patrimony time-only manually-winding dress watch strips it down to just an hour and minute hand.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
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First Known Use
1720, in the meaning defined above
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“Minute hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minute%20hand. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
minute hand
noun
: the long hand that marks the minutes on the face of a watch or clock
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