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Data point 1: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Units_of_time/Continuity
(Marvel Comics units of time in TransformersThere are precisely two useful items there: A 'breem' is 8.3 minutes, and a 'vorn' is 83 years ( Read more... )

Probably extracting two tiny data points from the 80s Transformers comics and extrapolating that into a complete horological/timekeeping system for the Cybertronian race.

In base forty-eight.

And it worked.