more about time

This clock runs backwards - see the Alef, 1:00 at the position that 11:00 would be. This photo was taken in the Jewish Quarter in Prague a little over two years ago. My son and I were there for a few days of vacation after a conference. We were talking about this trip today, so I thought i'd find a photo from the trip for tonight's post.

What you don't see in this photo is another clock, high above this one, that uses roman numerals and runs forward. They are both run from the same single clock mechanism. So does that mean time is going both backwards and forwards? Wouldn't that make it stand still?

I find it a little ironic that I'm now contemplating time, but as it is after midnight and I have to go to work tomorrow, it's too late; I have no more time to follow this thought.