(Jan. 17, 2011 7:11 AM)Mc Frown Wrote: Today I was in a used furniture store and I saw an antique clock that used IIII in place of IV on the face, so perhaps it's not for anime purposes/an oversight?
(Dec. 15, 2010 8:36 PM)JÆMS Wrote:(Dec. 15, 2010 8:07 PM)Crimson Wrote: I have incredible rage over the fact that the clear wheel doesn't have a 3, and has an improper 4.
Why is there a hole where the 3 would be?
(I still think this blade looks amazing though.)
"The style IV is relative modern form of the roman numeral for 4. IIII was used until 'modern times'"
source: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.co.uk/info/roman.htm
and maybe the "outer circle" (with the hole in the III) can be twisted like the design of these type of watch (the 12 is usually the ones that's blocked out)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...ariner.jpg
it is a kids toy so i thought its a way to amuse them if they had actually implemented it (plus it'll look cool if it moves in the anime?).. it amused me when i was younger haha...
edit: these things also seem to be unattached to the clear wheel itself.. hopefully i'm not looking to much into it and it turns out meaningless.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/73cdf1111046858
http://www.imagebam.com/image/b4ed73111046860