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So... they swapped 3 and 9 numerals. Does it run counter clockwise then, as a horological commentary on our present age of backwardness?

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That you can find around southern South America

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28013157

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_Invertida

Fascinating, thanks

no, it's a regular quartz movement.

So the hands show 9 o'clock but the face shows 3 o'clock?

yes, the hands show the normal hour corresponding to the wrong number: at 9 o'clock, the hours pointer will be in it's correct place, pointing to a 3.

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