A time equipment, comprising
- a case;
- a dial installed in said case comprising an hour portion, a minute portion and a period portion, in which said hour portion inscribing two sequences of numeral ordered by increasing value from 1 to 12 that said two sequences of numerals are arranged circularly spaced apart angularly, said first numeral "12" being inscribed in a top position of said hour portion, said second numeral "12" being inscribed in a bottom position of said hour portion, said two numerals "6" being inscribed in a right and a left position of said hour portion respectively, said minute portion being positioned adjacent to said hour portion and inscribing a sequence of numerals ordered by increasing value from 1 to 60 which are arranged circularly spaced apart angularly, wherein said numeral "60" is inscribed in a top position of said minute portion adjacent to said first numeral "12" of said hour portion, said numeral "30" being inscribed in a bottom position of said minute portion adjacent to said second numeral "12" of said hour portion, said period portion being positioned in a central area of said dial and encircled by said hour portion, in which said period portion has a central cross inscription having a vertical line extending from a top position to a bottom position of said period portion and a horizontal line extending from a left position to a right position of said period portion, so as to divide said period portion into a top-left section, a top-right section, a bottom-left section, and a bottom-right section for representing four different conditions of time, including a morning condition of time, an afternoon condition of time, an evening condition of time, and a night condition of time respectively, moreover, a "day" mark being inscribed on a top part of said vertical line, a "night" mark being inscribed on a bottom part of said vertical line, an "a.m." mark being inscribed on a left part of said horizontal line, a "p.m." being inscribed on a right part of said horizontal line, a "MORNING" mark and an "AFTERNOON" mark being inscribed on a predetermined position of said top-left and top-right sections of said period portion respectively, an "EVENING" mark and a "NIGHT" mark being inscribed on a predetermined position of said bottom-right and bottom left sections of said period portion;
- an hour, a minute and a second indicating hands mounted for rotating above said dial;
- a movement installed in said case to drive said hour indicating hand to rotate one revolution in 24 hours and to drive said minute and said second indicating hands to rotate one revolution in 60 minutes and 60 seconds respectively;
- a time setting device installed in said case for setting said hour, minute and second indicating hands on time;
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- a time zone means including a time zone ring coaxially mounted for rotating around a periphery of said dial, said time zone ring having a front surface bearing 24 time zone inscriptions which are arranged in a same order as 24 time zones, thereby when one of said time zone inscriptions, representing a local city, of said time zone ring is aligned with said hour indicating hand, another 23 times of said other 23 time zone inscriptions representing the other 23 time zone cities are simultaneously read according to said corresponding aligned hour numerals inscribed on said hour portion of said dial, said time zone means further comprising a C-shape spring which one end is bent to form a tail, an outer rim of said case forming an outer time zone recess which has a circular rim protrusion protruded outwardly form a vertical outer periphery side of said time zone recess and a hole on a predetermined position on a horizontal periphery surface of said time zone recess, said tail of said spring being inserted into said hole so as to be held on said time zone recess, an inner surface of said time zone ring forming a circular groove so that said time zone ring is rotatably mounted in position on said time zone recess by means of a clipped-fit locking between said circular groove and said circular rim protrusion, a lower portion of said inner surface of said time zone ring further providing a ring of ratchet teeth, on which another free end of said spring is engaged thereto, so that said time zone ring capable of rotating in an anti-clockwise direction while said ratchet teeth acting as a stopping means to prevent said time zone ring to rotate clockwise.