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ColeJA In reply to Lannytorres [2014-03-05 19:15:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Lanny.

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Lannytorres In reply to ColeJA [2014-03-08 02:26:33 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, man. Hope you're doing well

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ColeJA In reply to jlfurry [2014-03-05 02:37:56 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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ColeJA In reply to ChipmunkFan19 [2014-03-05 02:38:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Michael

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ChipmunkFan19 In reply to ColeJA [2014-03-11 08:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Welcome Cole

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ColeJA In reply to 914four [2014-03-02 21:51:15 +0000 UTC]

thanks and yes i did notice that.

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914four In reply to ColeJA [2014-03-02 21:55:25 +0000 UTC]

I've got an old American Waltham railroader's watch (1890ies) and it has the same. I've noticed a few of the more modern watch faces have started using the "IV." 

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ColeJA In reply to 914four [2014-03-02 22:31:06 +0000 UTC]

yeah i noticed that, i heard it had something to do with during roman times IV was an abbreviation for Jupiter and they didnt want the public clocks reading "1 2 3 god 5 6 ..." or something like that..
even many older watches used IV, it really depended on the watch maker i guess and whether or not they followed the traditional way..
still technically correct either way..

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914four In reply to ColeJA [2014-03-02 22:49:09 +0000 UTC]

I haven't seen any pre-second world war watches with "IV", but I've noticed that Big Ben in London uses it. I can only assume this was done after damage to the clock during the war. The giant clock at the Musée d'Orsay has the more common "IIII."

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ColeJA In reply to 914four [2014-03-03 01:04:11 +0000 UTC]

yeah it hard to say and one may never really know.

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