Sure, atomic clocks are pretty handy (if you're able to get a reliable signal, something we'venever been able to do in NYC). But why settle for just any atomic clock when you can get one that has a customizableface so you can use 24-hour military time? Or how about reversing the numbers and running the motor backwards, so thatit becomes a time machine you can look at it in a mirror? That's the idea behind this wall clock from Citizen,available in Japan and Korea. We suspect a lot of people will let it run backwards all the time just to confuse theheck out of anyone who sees it. We know we would.

5. #3: Obviously. Have you seen the size of atomic clocks? Most commercial clocks/watches claiming to be atomic work in the way you've described.

8. The mirror version also works well if you happen to have been transported to an anti-matter universe, where everything is mirror image. Then at least the clock would look correct.

10. I've had this happen to me before. I had an analog wristwatch for the longest time, and one day when I woke up it was running backwards. It was still settable though, and made for some interesting looks when I translated the time for people. The thing is, sometimes an analog watch will have a gear slip out of place, and if it's a normal gear and not one of the scaling gears, the loss of that gear will cause the watch hands to reverse direction.

13. My guess is it wont be long before we see a lawsuit unfolding about these clocks as one person reads them literally and ends up late for something, inwich he would promptly sue the owner of the clock...

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