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This is not done by chance but for aesthetic reasons.
Advertisers came up with this because, according to communicators,
they make the product more attractive:
1. This hour creates a sense of isometry.
2. Subconsciously the pointers remind you of a smile,
thus creating a feeling of pleasure, while on the contrary if it
were 8:20 they would remind you of a willful face which would create
the corresponding unpleasant feeling.
3. The hands appear to embrace the watch brand’s logo which is usually
located below the number 12.
4. Allows you to read other watch indications such as date, timer and more…
Some brands to differentiate show 10:08 or 10:09 or 10:11.

(In the first television watch commercial in 1941 in the USA,
for the Bulova company, which was also the first television
commercial in history, the clock showed exactly 8.)

On December 31, 1899, the ship Warrimoo with Captain Phillips managed to achieve something unique. While sailing in the Pacific Ocean from Vancouver, Canada to Australia, it passed where the equator intersected with the international time zone at exactly 12:00 midnight.

The front of the ship was in the southern hemisphere at midsummer on January 1, 1900, while the back was in the north hemisphere at midwinter on December 31, 1899!

So, the ship was simultaneously on two different days, in two different months (December – January), in two different years (1899 – 1900), in two different seasons, and finally, in two different centuries (19th – 20th)!