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The phrase 'hour hand' is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to refer to the hand on a clock or watch that indicates the hour of the day. For example, "I used the hour hand on my watch to find out what time it was."
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hour hand
noun
The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours.
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Even turning my head at the rate of the hour hand.
A solid vibration indicates the hour hand, and a pulsating vibration signifies the minute hand.
You know the hour hand, minute hand, second hand, and the little motor that makes them move?
Here's Rich in Atlanta: The minute hand will complete a circle 12 times, while the hour hand completes one circle.
The blue clock with the red hand: the disc is two layers, and the red hand is the hour hand.
Rolex debuted the first G.M.T. watch, which featured an additional hour hand to represent Greenwich Mean Time, in the 1950s.
The shape of the hour hand refers to the dome of a mosque while the minute hand resembles a minaret.
The earliest watches — imprecise things, with only an hour hand — were considered jewelry and were worn as pendants or brooches.
The third clock has a frosted white face, and the blue dot is the hour hand, and the red dot is the minute hand.
The front pivot of this wheel and pinion carries the minute hand and part of the gearing necessary to drive the hour hand.
She pointed to the bus stop along the western edge of the park, beside an elevated clock whose hour hand never budges.
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