The town in germany (where the clock is made) is 21.9 degrees from the longitude of Greenwich mean time, that's .061 of the circumference of the earth, which multiplied by 24 gives us 1.4 hours or 1 hour 25 minutes.

Dan
Los Angeles, CA
"Winky" the '85 Westy Weekender

On Oct 30, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Loren Busch wrote:

> In the last couple of weeks I've pulled the fuse that feeds all my aux
> stuff.  That includes the digital clock in the dash, it goes out.  Now the
> curiosity.  When the clock gets power again it starts at 1:25. It's done
> this several times now so the 1:25 isn't random.  Every other digital clock
> I can remember seeing goes to either 9:99 or 12:00 on power up.  So why the
> heck does a Vanagon clock (at least mine) power up with such a strange time?
> (Isn't this more fun than a tire or oil or troubleshooting a dead battery
> or some such?)