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The original clockfaces in the unix environment are unsuitable for wristwatch use. Therefore, the oclock was modified, to provide 12 "jewels" around the outside, with one larger "jewel" at the top. Also the minute and hour hands were made more slender, so that they blocked less of the video.

Here is a typical screen capture of the wristwatch, reduced to half size in each of the linear X and Y dimensions (e.g. to 1/4 the number of pixels):

The "cal" command is still quite readable behind the clockface, even though the clockface is enlarged to the entire screen (e.g. almost 480x480 centered on the 640x480 screen).

The transparent multijewel clock allows the timepiece to have and seem to have its normal function of telling the time, while allowing the root window and other windows beneath the clock to show through. This feature is particularly useful for videoconferencing, and composing pictures using the wristwatch dispaly as a viewfinder.

High resolution still pictures

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