0 the larger of the two pointers on a clock or watch, which shows the time in minutes past the hour. -- minuttviser
It contains the illuminated head-pieces, the at the top of the pages, with a commentary on three sides of the text in a very minute hand.
Pendulum clocks are usually designed to be set by opening the glass face cover and manually pushing the minute hand around the dial to the correct time.
The very small and light swing wheel, the balanced minute hand, and the small shortened arbors with extra fine pivots, all conduce to the end in view.
Set the rotary bezel index opposite the position of the minute hand, note the mileage.
The text is written one column per page, 2631 lines per page, in a very minute hand.
Each minute hand is 6.1 m long and weighs 240 kg.
For easy legibility most diving watches have high contrasting, non-cluttered dials and markers with a large, easily identifiable minute hand.
The moving parts were painted bright orange, and a minute hand with a 180 degree dial was added.
