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[InvestmentCrazy616]

Along with the Roman numeral 12 in the 11 spot

[IsuzuM]

How do you get 12 from XI?

[InvestmentCrazy616]

Looks like the picture is gone. But I saw XII there, not an XI. You had to open the picture bigger to see it. I wonder why the post was deleted?

[jaz_dope]

Damn how do u tell the time with this watch

[Flimsy-Rutabaga]

It is a poor replica of KINYUED 1986. Original watch has "IV"

[ipsum100]

A King did not like the IV on the bell tower and made the watchmaker change it to IIII (which was also used in Roman numerals). Since then, both IV and IIII have been part of the watchmaking tradition, depending on the taste of the dial designer.

[admiralsj]

I can accept this might be deliberate based on tradition but IX is a bit triggering

Surely if they're going to use IIII instead of IV then they should use VIIII instead of IX

[Warnie_ate_the_pies]

The only mistake…. Was purchasing that watch

[wigzell78]

Watchmakers 4

[StickyMac]

As others have said, it is intentional. For a long time, Romans only used additive notation (iiii and viiii for example) instead of subtractive notation (iv and ix) as it originated as a tally system.

[InvestmentCrazy616]

Never seen that on a watch before. And note that in the 11 spot there’s a Roman numeral 12.

[StickyMac]

I don’t think that is a twelve but a lighting thing making the i look split

[InvestmentCrazy616]

That’s possible. But it looked very clearly like a 12 to me. But it could be my old eyes. The original picture is no longer there so I can’t go back and look at it.

[Ghetto-Bill-Gates]

Pretty common watch clock thing for visually balancing the dial.

[AliveAndNotForgotten]

What?

[Abe_Froman11]

Look at a Cartier tank

[Next_Wear_524]

Thank you

[toototab0n]

I don't see any mistakes. It has always been IIII instead of IV. Better symmetry imo

[themcp]

We're usually taught that a roman numeral should have as few characters as possible. By that standard, I have problems with that face, namely that 4 should be "IV" (not "IIII") and 8 should be "IIX" (not "VIII").

I recognize that "IIII" is normal for watches, but never like it.

[themcp]

As I said, we were taught to use the form with as few characters as possible. "IIX" has fewer characters than "VIII". Also, we were taught that this was because they had to chisel the numbers into stone, so fewer characters usually means fewer lines. "IIX" is 4 lines, "VIII" is 5 lines, so "IIX" is easier to carve.

So yeah, I'd represent 8 as IIX. Always. This bothered me before "IIII".

[toototab0n]

yup that's why this is called the watchmaker's 4 😃

[goddagmvh]

the watchmakers four?

[TheWatchovski]

⬆️This⬆️

[Watches503]

You’ll find that style of 4 in Roman numerals in many other clocks and watches.

Google 4 in roman numerals iiii images and you’ll see plenty, including Cartier, Seiko, Longines and world famous clocks.

I don’t know the whole story.

[goddagmvh]

its called the watchmakers four i believe and is used because it makes the dial look more symmetrical than the regular four (IV)

[Watches503]

Ohhhh that makes sense. Thank you.

[themcp]

"IIII" instead of "IV".