24-hour analog dial

The term Big Clock (or whole clock, full pointer ) is called a clock that represents the full day ( day and night, the Nychthemeron ).

In Italy, a demarcation for hours counting was with the Great Clock ( Italian clock ) made ​​with Temporal hours, when it began, not separately for day and night, from one to twelve, but for the full day with equinoctial hours from one to twenty-four to count.

She stood ( 2-by- 12 - hours - counting), the twice from one to twelve counts again, but in contrast to the later introduced little clock with equinoctial hours and each with a full pointer circulation.

The term Great Clock is today only for counting 1-24 used ( standardized 24- count).

The first big watches were designed in the Renaissance still in the traditional of the Arabs Italian hours are counted from sunset, which was north of the Alps known as the Bohemian hours count. At the Prague clock (see figure), the outer ring is set in a year automatically so that Bohemian 24 hours are displayed.

The Nuremberg clock was called in the space of their application Large clock. It should be noted that the separation between day and night has been maintained with the Nuremberg hours.