Meistersinger 6 hour watch was commissioned by a meistersinger in verona and which was based on a rather beautiful 6 hour clock in rome history of the 6 hour clock is that it was only when napoleon in his domain standardised the reading of time to 12 hour dials up to then the 6 hour display was very common in italy advantage of the 6 hour display is that of an even more accurate reading of time