Star Path

The twelve hour points are joined into one star – and the star's lines are the scale.

1. Hours

   Follow the star's lines from 12: the first line leads to 1, the next to 2, and so on round the clock. The thick grey line starts at 12 and grows along this path through the day. The small star at its end is the hour: at 10:09 it has just left 10, on its way to 11.

2. Minutes

   The minute hand is a classic one. It turns around the centre, inside the small twelve-sided shape the star leaves free.

3. Seconds

   The yellow seed runs the whole star once a minute, one line every five seconds: at :00 it is at 12, at :05 at 1, at :10 at 2 – just like the minutes on a classic dial.

Compared with the classic clock.

• R1
  The classic clock

  The scale runs round a circle.

  Here →The hours and seconds are read on a scale of straight lines. The lines form a star, and the scale still goes round – which is why the numbers jump across the dial.

  Also broken by Trefoil

• R2
  The classic clock

  A hand points to the value on the scale.

  Here →No hand points at the hour or the second. A highlighted point on the lines marks each: a small star for the hour, a yellow seed for the second.

  Also broken by Trefoil

Same as the classic clock

• 12 at the top
• Clockwise
• 12-hour cycle
• Classic minute hand