New clock

[BK911]

Wife bought clock on sale at Walmart.
I hate roman numerals because they make me think.
But this one just seems off x2.

[matthewb0051]

Man, that is sooooo wrong. Must be a new way of displaying Roman Numerals. Kind of like the new math or something.

[pwd72s]

I've always been curious about 4

Is it IV, IIII, or both???

Sure looks like they got 7 wrong though...

[Evans, Marv]

Designed by a recent graduate.

[Bill Douglas]

I'd be alarmed by that.

[stevej37]

It must be correct.
One can clearly see that it's a Greenwich Clock.

[Sooner or later]

A lot of clocks use IIII.
IIV is definitely not 7.

[trj911]

And the 7 is showing IIV. There is no such number.

[Aurel]

Chinese and roman numbers don’t mix well .

[BK911]

Originally Posted by stevej37

It must be correct.
One can clearly see that it's a Greenwich Clock.

Only the best from walmart!
You think the clocks bad, you should see the rest of the crap wifey put on every flat surface.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Aurel

Chinese and roman numbers don’t mix well .

+1
Upside down “Vs” and II(upside down V) for 7? Yeaaaah!

[Aurel]

The lack of logic is astounding: if VIII is 8, which they have correct, then why in hell would 7 be IIV?
The IIII is just cute, like let us reinvent Roman numbers .

[stevej37]

The Romans had it wrong.
Glad we found out.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Aurel

The lack of logic is astounding: if VIII is 8, which they have correct, then why in hell would 7 be IIV?
The IIII is just cute, like let us reinvent Roman numbers .

Krazy, but look at a Rolex roman numerals dial...they use IIII instead of IV.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Krazy, but look at a Rolex roman numerals dial...they use IIII instead of IV.

Only the ones you buy from a guy on the corner in a trench coat for $50.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Only the ones you buy from a guy on the corner in a trench coat for $50.

Nope..not a trench coat. Check it out. This one's on sale...and the deal clincher, they'll toss in a free sizing to your wrist. But hey..they did the 7 right.

https://www.authenticwatches.com/rolex-oyster-perpetual-day-date-ii-218206-blkrsp.html

[SCadaddle]

Has it ever occurred to anyone else, that kids born in the digital age have no idea what you are saying with "it's a quarter to five" or "half past six"?

With regard to that Walmart clock, I can see "Happy hour from 5 to something like 3"?

[masraum]

genius. That's right up there with this one.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by masraum

genius. That's right up there with this one.

To me it shows ignorance of the meaning of "arabic numerals"...not necessarily bigotry, just a lack of education.

Kind of like college students lining up to sign a petition to ban hydrogen dioxide.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by SCadaddle

Has it ever occurred to anyone else, that kids born in the digital age have no idea what you are saying with "it's a quarter to five" or "half past six"?

With regard to that Walmart clock, I can see "Happy hour from 5 to something like 3"?

One of the standard cognitive tests given to this old geezer is to hand me a paper & pen, ask me to draw a clock showing the time of eight-twenty.

Wish I was artistic...I'm tempted to draw a casio digital face showing 8:20:00.