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12 Hour Timer

This timer draws 12 hours as 20 concentric rings; one empties every 36 minutes, so a glance shows how far along you are without reading a digit. It chimes at zero, keeps counting in a background tab, runs fullscreen, and exports as a free MP4 video. Handy for an overnight brine, steeping cold brew coffee, or a 12-hour fasting window.

Twelve hours

Twelve hours is half a day, which makes it the length of most overnight things: a brine, a jar of cold brew, and the simplest fasting window. Each ring on the dial is thirty-six minutes, so five rings is three hours and ring ten is six. At this length you set it at night and the chime is the morning.

An overnight brine

A whole chicken or a pork loin in a salt-and-sugar brine wants about twelve hours in the fridge: enough for the seasoning to reach the centre, not so long the texture goes soft. Start the dial as the bird goes into the brine and lift it out at the chime, pat it dry, and leave it uncovered in the fridge for the skin to dry if there is time. Small pieces need far less; the 2 hour dial covers chops and thighs.

Cold brew

Coarse coffee steeped in cold water takes twelve to eighteen hours to reach full strength, and twelve is the setting for a smoother, lighter concentrate. Start the dial as the water goes over the grounds, at room temperature or in the fridge, and strain at the chime. If it tastes thin, the next batch gets the 24 hour dial and a taste at the halfway mark.

A twelve-hour fast

The gentlest time-restricted eating pattern is twelve hours off and twelve on: dinner done by eight, breakfast at eight. Start the dial after the last bite and the chime opens breakfast. It is not a diet so much as a habit of not eating late, and the visible ring count in the evening makes the deal concrete without a lecture.

Half a day, in shifts

  • A twelve-hour shift, for anyone whose work runs on them, as one shape with breaks at rings five, ten, and fifteen.
  • Two six-hour halves, switching at ring ten.
  • Four three-hour quarters, every fifth ring, each the length of an exam sitting.

Neighbours

Down is the 10 hour dial, a brisket and a long flight; up is the 24 hour dial, a full day. Every other length sits on the timers page.

How long is each ring?

36 minutes. The dial always has 20 rings, and this timer runs 12 hours.

Is there a shorter or longer version?

Yes. The nearest pages are the 10 hour timer and the 24 hour timer, and the custom field on any dial takes an exact length.

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