But why add unnecessary complexity?
Like analog clocks are fine, they show time progress in a way digital don't.

But why read it in that more convoluted way? Like, I can tell you that you have 10100bin seconds to answer some question, and you can tell that's 20 seconds, but why the fuck do it that way. The only time it's "five minutes till quarter to four in the afternoon" rather than 15:40 is when writing an assay, perhaps.