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TLDR; it’s a watchmakers four and IIII is for horizontal symmetry against the heavy VIII for eight.
by nailer 4y ago
TLDR; it’s a watchmakers four and IIII is for horizontal symmetry against the heavy VIII for eight.
- lupire 4y agoIIX for a watchmakers 8 would be even more symmetrical.
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- kergonath 4y agoIt is not. It is an ancient notation that became fashionable again when clocks were being developed. Watchmakers just followed the sensibilities of their times, and everything sophisticated had to look Roman.
- nailer 4y ago> became fashionable again when clocks were being developed Why do you think it become fashionable again when clocks were being developed?