The binary clock reminds me of a similar bar you sometimes saw on videotapes being played back on TV broadcasts. They didn't look like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_interval_timecode , since these are stripes, not blocks. Maybe specific to PAL?
Looks like base-5, but very cool!
yes, base 5, exactly
but lots of dots, so my mind couldn't help but wander ':D