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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

watches, atomic clock don't measure time, they count the vibrations of a quartz crystal.

there is no need to use time, you can just say my car travel X km per 1 million vibrations of a quartz crystal.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Americans will use anything except the ISO standard units.