Put Your Thinking Cap On

This beautiful clock at the VMFA has a most unusual face. Can you decode the numbers and letters? There was nothing on the accompanying text to provide any explanation.

[Diane]

Hmm. Tempus fuji? I thought it was tempus fugit. 2 4. Is it a 24 hour clock? It is a beautiful and interesting clock.

[Lynda Parker]

Time and Tide Waits for No Man... has it got to do with tides and what times they change? Such a pretty mantle clock.

[Allison Williams]

@eudora Excellent picking up tempus fugit despite the missing Ts. Now what about 2 4 2?

[Julie Duncan]

Very creative! I think the 2's are both stylized letter T's? Perhaps the 4 is just a space filler as there needed to be one more character? Tempus does indeed fugit, as this summer is proving. :)

[Allison Williams]

@juliedduncan @eudora By George, I think you did it! Thank you for solving a riddle that my friend and I weren’t able to do.

[Kathy A]

Very interesting looking clock