Twenty-four-hour analog clocks and watches are used today by logistics workers, fire fighters, police officers, paramedics, nurses, pilots,[1] scientists,[2] and the military,[3] and are sometimes preferred because of the unambiguous representation of a whole day at a time.This probably reflects the influence of the Italian timekeeping system, which started counting the hours of the day at sunset or twilight.John Harrison, Thomas Tompion, and Mudge[7] built a number of clocks with 24-hour analog dials, particularly when building astronomical and nautical instruments.Manufacturers who make 24-hour analog watches include Glycine, Raketa, Vostok, Fortis, Poljot, Swatch, and many others.A 24-hour watch with a compass card dial can be used to determine direction when set to local noon and used in conjunction with the Sun.I've had it divided into twenty–four hours like Italian clocks, since neither day nor night, sun nor moon, exist for me, but only this artificial light that I import into the depths of the seas!A watch with a 24-hour analog dial is important to the resolution of Alfred Bester's 1953 short story "The Roller Coaster".
A sundial showing all 24 hours; impractical but symmetrical