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Old 15 January 2013, 10:55 PM   #1
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Inverted (upside-down) roman numerals??

Can someone please help me?? The roman numerals for 5, 6, 7, and 8 have an inverted 'V'!!??

I am perplexed by this apparent discrepancy OR is it a stylized symbol, or is it a fake ???!!!

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Many thanks to all who can shed light on this.

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Old 16 January 2013, 12:08 AM   #2
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Your link doesn't work.

If this is what you mean, as in the picture below, this normal.

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Old 16 January 2013, 12:12 AM   #3
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YES, but please note that it seem unprofessional (and unlike Rolex) to have dial faces with Right-side up, as well as up-side down dial faces!! One of these styles seems 'wrong' to me.....

Opinions please.
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Old 16 January 2013, 12:27 AM   #4
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Yes, unprofessional indeed. You should take the case up with Rolex.
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Old 16 January 2013, 12:33 AM   #5
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Each hour, the numerals simply rotate 30 degrees relative to the previous hour.

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Old 16 January 2013, 12:33 AM   #6
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Dupe posted sorry
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Old 16 January 2013, 12:34 AM   #7
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Why the inconsistency in style/design???
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Old 16 January 2013, 12:49 AM   #8
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What's inconsistent? If you were a tiny man standing on the hour hand, the numbers would always be exactly straight up to you. ;)

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Old 16 January 2013, 12:51 AM   #9
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Lets dispense of silliness here. There's a section designated for jokes....
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Old 16 January 2013, 01:03 AM   #10
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Didn't mean to belittle your question, just wanted to present an amusing explanation of why they're not really "inverted" V's, just evenly rotated around the dial. Just a style choice I suppose; I think it works well on the dd2 and dj2!

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Old 16 January 2013, 01:06 AM   #11
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The key point of my question is about the inconsistency in style.

1. Why would Rolex deviate like that??
2. Did Rolex -- in fact -- produce both appearance (versions) of Roman numerals??

Bothered by this....
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Old 16 January 2013, 01:28 AM   #12
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Hi and good afternoon,

Roman numerals make a watch dial look like a sundial. On a sundial the numerals usually face the outside of the dial because people walk around the sundial. Does this make sense?
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Old 16 January 2013, 01:29 AM   #13
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Thanks. Yes, of course yet the inconsistency seems weird to me.....
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Old 16 January 2013, 01:57 AM   #14
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I can't answer why Rolex does what they do, but they definitely have made both versions. The "inverted" type you describe is now the norm, though I'm not sure if they ever made those concurrently with "right-side-up" Romans such as this 80's DD (pic from bobswatches):



Can you try posting another pic of the watch you're concerned about?
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Old 16 January 2013, 02:04 AM   #15
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Thanks. Yes, of course yet the inconsistency seems weird to me.....
Frankly, I do not understand your point.

Rolex designers decided to put the Roman numerals in that fashion. It is not an "inconsistency".

Also Arabic numerals (except for the 369 dials) are arranged in the same fashion.

I think the rationale is to avoid reversing some of the figures (from 5 to 8). That would look inconsistent to me, because it breaks the radial symmetry.
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Old 16 January 2013, 03:44 AM   #16
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Yes, unprofessional indeed. You should take the case up with Rolex.


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Old 16 January 2013, 04:00 AM   #17
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I just don't understand why this thread is in 'watch-out' and not in 'jokes'.
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Old 17 January 2013, 11:58 AM   #18
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I just don't understand why this thread is in 'watch-out' and not in 'jokes'.


Itamar,

The watch is designed as Rolex desires. That dial has been around for quite awhile and it must sell or Rolex would have discontinued it.

If you don't like that style, there are many others you may prefer.
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Old 17 January 2013, 12:02 PM   #19
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Surprised you didn't mention the rank indignity of using:

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Old 17 January 2013, 12:25 PM   #20
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Surprised you didn't mention the rank indignity of using:

IIII
That looks upside-down
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Old 17 January 2013, 12:32 PM   #21
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Surprised you didn't mention the rank indignity of using:

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That looks upside-down
But only a Roman would know...and she never tells!
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Old 17 January 2013, 12:39 PM   #22
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What's inconsistent? If you were a tiny man standing on the hour hand, the numbers would always be exactly straight up to you. ;)

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I experienced a bad trip after a moody blues concert once where that exact thing happened to me. Only worse! Yeah once the hour hand approached noon I slid down the hand and got lodged in the date window.. Was the last time I did drugs...

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