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popsuckits ::: Favorites  2007-11-09 14:14:09

I thought the same thing...
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TimberGeek ::: Favorites  2007-11-09 13:24:23

I'd say this is the real reason, esthetics is usually the final arbitrator between two equally functional designs.
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TimberGeek ::: Favorites  2007-11-09 13:21:40

Shouldn't it be Louis XIIII in that case? :)
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popsuckits ::: Favorites  2007-11-09 12:40:48

Thus IIII with four heavy strokes is much to be preferred. The change may therefore have been made for reasons of symmetry." From Time & Timekeepers, W. I. Milham, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947, p. 196:
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popsuckits ::: Favorites  2007-11-09 12:40:16

On the other side of the clock dial the VIII is the heaviest number, consisting of four heavy strokes and one light one, as it is usually made. It would destroy the symmetry to have the IV with only two heavy strokes on the other side...
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