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On analog timepieces, they indicate the passage of time. Hours, minutes, sometimes even seconds, every little detail counts, and what may seem obvious has a very precise explanation. Mr Montre tells you everything about needles. The term second hand Also called “ small seconds ”, it corresponds to the hand indicating the seconds on a watch. Its name refers to the verb “ trotter ”, thus referring to the movement of the horse, because it advances in fits and starts, like small jumps made from one second to another to the rhythm of the oscillations of the pendulum. She performs 60 jumps per minute. We can distinguish the “ large second hand ”, fixed in the center of the dial on classic watches, generally thinner than the other two hour/minute hands. On chronographs, we speak of a “ small second hand ”, with a smaller hand, placed in a sub-dial. The size of the minute hand The hands of a clock explained and dissected A detail that you have probably noticed; the minute hand is al