Of course, one "Swatch Beat" is therefore also equal to the second division in the French revolutionary or decimal system of time measurement, which divided the day into 10 hours each of 100 minutes each of 100 seconds. I am afraid I forget the actual terms for the units and the details of when it was introduced, some time during the 1790's. It was dropped after a few years because of its overwhelming unpopularity. :-)
A few clocks remain; are there any such sundials? Andrew James >>> > How long is a Swatch beat? In short we have divided up the virtual and > real day into 1000 "beats". > One Swatch beat is the equivalent of 1 minute 26.4 seconds. > > <<< >
