How did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?

zephyr@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 325 points –

Was there an alternative adjective to "clockwise" other than "the rotation you take around left hand"?

Also, how did all watch companies around the world agree on what the direction of "clockwise" is?

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Weird, this feels easier to read. Less grating somehow.

You left-handed?

Hey, don't put us all in the same bag ! I am left-handed and i still got weirded out by it. He's just a weird guy that may happen to be left-handed.

I'm also left-handed and weirded-out by it. I was just wondering, lol.

Also, right-handed people suck. Southpaws unite!

One day we will control the world and force right handed people to use tools made for left handed people and we will finally give them a taste of our eternal struggle, muahahaha !!