The times

I have always wondered why most of the clocks or watches on display show the time 10:10.Have you?I was told that the time was significant.It was when Lincoln died.Someone else told me that it was the time when Martin L. King died.And then last week I read in one of the blogs that the time dosent really signify the death of anyone.It was purely for effect.When the hands point to 10:10 it looks symmetrical on the clock and everyone prefers that to asymmetry.Also the brand name gets displayed beautifully enclosed between the hands.Which leads us to wonder why not point to 9 and 3 .But then that wouldn’t be symmetrical, would it?How about 8:20?That could work except that it would be like the clock is frowning at us.