A Wall Street Journal article from MMIV ... whirring and chiming mechanical timepieces: The Roman numerals on most clocks are centripetal, that is, they are not horizontal but point toward ...

Why do some analog clocks with Roman numerals have '4' as 'IV,' while others have 'IIII'? This is one of those questions where no one seems to have a definitive answer, and probably no one ever will.

His latest addition, is the Tamil numerals wall clock. “I worked on this idea for 10 years before it became a reality,” says the Coimbatore-based 40-year-old, speaking about the clock.