1927 Cartier clock of jade, diamonds, coral, gold, emerald, onyx and enamel.

[winetourdriver01]

[Lochloosa]

1. Stunning.

[Mr.Bill]

2. Second clock I've seen here where

they didn't use the correct roman numeral for the 4. It should be IV, not IIII.

Beautiful clock though.

[unc70]

3. IIII was more common than not for clocks

[Mr.Bill]

4. I never knew that.

Big Ben has it as IV.

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-big-ben-clock-image5636911

[Chainfire]

5. Yea, but Big Ben is in English, not American.

[Mr.Bill]

6. But Cartier is French.

The other clock I saw here was also Cartier. Maybe it's a French thing?

But on the other hand, roman numerals are neither American, English or French.

[Chainfire]

7. No, Cartier is from Georgia. ;)

[Mr.Bill]

8. According to Wikipedia, they are headquartered in France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartier_(jeweler)

Anyway, I did some googling about the clock thing and found this. Interesting.


https://monochrome-watches.com/why-do-clocks-and-watches-use-roman-numeral-iiii-instead-of-iv/

[Chainfire]

9. I beg your pardon, I thought that you were talking about Jimmy Cartier.

[Mr.Bill]

10. LOL.