Why does the second hand seem to freeze the moment you glance at a clock? Because your brain hides the blur of a fast eye movement, then backfills the gap with whatever you land on — so that first second gets stretched. The clock is fine. You are editing the tape and you were never told. Glance at a clock and the first second looks too long. That is not the clock. That is your brain retroactively filling in the time it deleted while your eyes were moving. Save this and try it on the nearest analog clock.