Ask someone to draw the face of an old grandfather clock with the Roman numerals placed correctly ... the last half of the 19th century. They are black and smell like roses for many years.

Roman numerals are ... One of those is in time keeping, in which many clocks use the classical numerals instead of the more popular Arabic replacements. [Nicola]’s clock does too, albeit ...

The Roman numerals on most clocks are centripetal, that is, they are not horizontal but point toward the center. The 6 at the bottom of the face isn’t VI but IΛ. Cool, huh? Curious about ...

Why do some analog clocks with Roman numerals have '4' as 'IV,' while others have 'IIII'? This is one of those questions where no one seems to have a definitive answer, and probably no one ever will.

there are still a few instances in which Roman numerals are commonly used: on clock faces, to identify lineages -- particularly for royalty and other important figures -- and to denote each ...