My Ignorance --- Roman Numeral IIII vs. IV

[JDagnello]

Why do most watches write the number four using IIII versus the common
Roman numeral IV?

Also, why do the numbers all face toward the center of the watch thus
going askew or upside down for the numbers IIII through VIII?

Thank you.

[James Hedman]

JDagnello wrote:
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> Why do most watches write the number four using IIII versus the common
> Roman numeral IV?

There is a lengthy discussion of just this topic at:

http://www.ubr.com/clocks/faq/iiii.html

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James R. Hedman

http://www.csra.net/lrand/

[Fortunat F. Mueller-Maerki]

JDagnello wrote:
>
> Why do most watches write the number four using IIII versus the common
> Roman numeral IV?
>

> Also, why do the numbers all face toward the center of the watch thus
> going askew or upside down for the numbers IIII through VIII?
>
> Thank you.

Check out the Horology-FAQ at
http://www,bhi.co.uk/hints.html
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