LancasterOnline

What’s the deal with Roman numerals?

Shame on Charles F. Snyder and whoever else is responsible for the clock on Penn Square. Not only is the number four wrong, all the numbers are wrong. This is America ...
The Washington Post

Why do clocks have IIII for 4 o’clock rather than the Roman numeral IV?

Thanks for your informative piece on the Roman numerals on the Tomb of the Unknowns. Now can you explain to me why the 4 on my watch is denominated by IIII instead of IV, a fact I had not noticed ...
Hackaday

Color Coded Clock Runs On Roman Numerals

Roman numerals are, by modern standards, a bit unusual. By virtue of using designations for both 5 and 10, and not scaling well to higher numbers, they’ve fallen out of favor outside of some specific ...