Sweep-hand
noun, Horology.
1.
a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
noun
1.
(horology) a long hand that registers seconds or fractions of seconds on the perimeter of the dial
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