Dog watch of Ship's Bell clocks) website explanation it says that ..."the Evening Watch is periodically divided into two watches. These are called Dog Watches because they "dog" the watch schedule for all divisions ahead by one watch period". It can be surmised that this may mean an action similar to the "feed dogs" on a sewing machine, although obviously the use of the term predates the use in the sewing machine. Dog watch Dog watch, in marine or naval terminology, is a watch, a period of work duty or a work shift, between 16:00 and 20:00 (4 pm and 8 pm).
What the Dog Saw statistics and its lack of technical grounding. "What the Dog Saw" debuted at #3 on the "New York Times" Bestseller List. It spent three weeks in the top 3 and a total of 16 weeks on the chart, appearing concurrently with Gladwell's previous book "Outliers". It was also an Amazon Top 25 seller for the month of November. "What the Dog Saw" was named to Bloomberg's top 50 business books of 2009. All of the articles in "What the Dog Saw" can be read for free on Gladwell's website. Part 1: "Obsessives, Pioneers, and other varieties of Minor Genius" Part