Ain’t nothin’ ticking with that gear setup

My father repairs/restores tower clocks professionally. They aren’t nearly as big as depicted in this picture, but they are pretty big!

I sent this comic to him and he enjoyed it because it’s tower clock themed, but he didn’t notice the gears or the backwards numbers until I pointed it out.

Those are some ugly gears Gary

The numbers are backwards. Is that part of the joke?

You don’t understand, we updated to an atomic clock synchronized to a Stratum 0 Nuclear clock that is set with a Thorium-229 isomer. She doesn’t Tick anymore.

Sonny listen up because it doesn’t matter what generation you’re from if it has a pulse it Ticks and Thorium-229 oh she has a pulse alright.

“You can’t work on a Findlay sprinkler head with a Langstrom seven inch wrench.”