In Roman Numerals ie I, II,III,IV,V,VI, etc why is it always IIII (4) on a clock or wrist watch?

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Probably symmetry for the letter-heavy VIII on the other side, and history.

In Roman Numerals ie I, II,III,IV,V,VI, etc why is it always IIII (4) on a clock or wrist watch?microsoft frontpage

To make it easy to distinguish from VI (6) when read at an angle.

And no, I don't know why they don't do the same with IX and XI. I suppose they're not so upside-down.

In Roman Numerals ie I, II,III,IV,V,VI, etc why is it always IIII (4) on a clock or wrist watch?windows vista home premium internet explorer

A watchmaking tradition.|||because IV could easily be mistaken for V if the watch is real small, your eyes are real bad or you are real tired.|||simply because they are not using it.|||Weird. My watches all use IV for 4.|||my watch has a IV for four so i dont understand your question

In Roman Numerals ie I, II,III,IV,V,VI, etc why is it always IIII (4) on a clock or wrist watch?

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