Martian watches

CDR sez, "Watches that keep Martian time. Originally for a Mars Mission, now for anyone who needs something useless yet infinitely desirable."

Mars Watches

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Pages here http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/spotlight/spirit/a3_20040108.html and here http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=13372 say they were for rover operators. So to clarify, it seems they were never meant to visit mars, and they did get used for their original purpose.

I wonder what movement he used? A modified ETA makes sense.
nixiebunny

I always thought that Martian timekeepers would want to wear my Nixie watch, as the open-source firmware can be hacked to make Martian time. I ought to drive over to the building where they keep track of the Martian missions and ask them.
- Ipo
  
  That Nixie watch?
  Did you make that?
  Those are ridiculous. Absurd.
  Time machines from an alternate reality.
  Want!
JMB98115

Martian days are 2.7% longer than Earth days.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timekeeping_on_Mars
http://twitter.com/cbuchner1 Christian Buchner

That’s really good for people controlling the Mars rovers. So they get to office in time ;)
http://twitter.com/bazimmerman Brad Zimmerman

You don’t need a special watch. http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/mars24/merclock.html

I would, however, love to get a fully programmable clock for the iPhone or, at the very least, a Mars clock.
Neill “Dire” Mitchell

Executive Jewelers? The Late 20th Century called – They want their website back.
Ipo

No cloud cover. Sundials should work for much of the time.
http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul

What a perfect, inspirational gift for a child just starting to dream of becoming an astronaut, and being on the first manned mission to Mars.

Unfortunately, my youngest niece only wants to be a neuroscientist. Sigh.
Promethean Sky

I’ve always wondered how Martians would deal with the extra 37 minutes. Add a short hour? You can’t redefine what an hour is (and by extension minutes and seconds) cause then you screw up metric standards.