Was there an alternative adjective to “clockwise” other than “the rotation you take around left hand”?

Also, how did all watch companies around the world agree on what the direction of “clockwise” is?

    • meyotch@slrpnk.net
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      1 year ago

      It seems like something a pirate would say. Widder me shins, but that’s a cold wind blowin’!

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      1 year ago

      Also turnwise. Also we need to switch from a globe to a disk on the backs of four cosmic elephants, who are themselves on the back of a giant turtle