Wrist Check 2017

[Vvroom]

Friday

[sidicks]

[Justayellowbadge]

Doofus said:

I take it the person in white is your carer?

Distinctive, is it not?

Only tried it on, but it would have a unique ability to render the rest of my collection restrained and elegant in comparison.

[Doofus]

Justayellowbadge said:

Distinctive, is it not?

Only tried it on, but it would have a unique ability to render the rest of my collection restrained and elegant in comparison.

Yes.... 'Distinctive'. That's the word I was searching for...

[Wills2]

Doofus said:

Justayellowbadge said:

I take it the person in white is your carer?

[AMG Merc]

Is that Ozzie Osbourne's arm there ?

[Spice_Weasel]

Isn't this Sly Stallone's watch brand? Looks rather Expendables-inspired.

[Justayellowbadge]

Spice_Weasel said:

Isn't this Sly Stallone's watch brand? Looks rather Expendables-inspired.

It is, and it is.

[130R]

Incredibly that silver one appears to be the understated model as well ..

[ZesPak]

Still.. Incorrect roman numerals.

[So]

ZesPak said:

AMG Merc said:

I don't get it either

Romans count like this:

1. I
2. II
3. III
4. IV

One of the rules of thumb is not to repeat a character more than 3 times. So 8 is VIII and 9 is IX. Same goes on every level. Thirty is XXX fourty is XL (L is 50).
So, in short, IIII is no number. It doesn't exist in Roman numerals.
Might as well have a dial that says: I, II, 3, 4, 5

/pedant

Edited by ZesPak on Monday 16th October 13:55

Here's the Romans using four consecutive "1"s in the Vatican.




I am sure had I looked about long enough I would have found 4 represented as 1111 but I was late for tea with Papa Francesco.

[Squadrone Rosso]

I bought my 2017 Autavia in May. Very pleased but the leather strap was too short for my manly wrists.

So, bought the genuine “beads of rice” bracelet from my AD & got it this morning.

Very pleased

[Raddors]

AlleyCat said:

That is lovely Chronostop and one that I think is overlooked a bit!. Currently thinking about getting a Chronostop Driver.

Do it, love mine.

[Justayellowbadge]

I disapprove, but my 11 year old loves this.

[ZesPak]

So said:

Here's the Romans using four consecutive "1"s in the Vatican.




I am sure had I looked about long enough I would have found 4 represented as 1111 but I was late for tea with Papa Francesco.

I'm sure there's plenty of statues with spelling mistakes .

Just as in watches, styling

Or someone put 7 there instead of 9 and corrected it afterwards

[Dempsey1971]

ZesPak said:

So said:

Here's the Romans using four consecutive "1"s in the Vatican.




I am sure had I looked about long enough I would have found 4 represented as 1111 but I was late for tea with Papa Francesco.

I'm sure there's plenty of statues with spelling mistakes .

Just as in watches, styling

Or someone put 7 there instead of 9 and corrected it afterwards

Does it actually date from Roman times?

[sad61t]

Early Roman numerals were a tally system, always additive, and IIII and VIIII were the normal usage.
Later, (perhaps to reduce fraud, or just to improve legibility) a subtractive notation was introduced and using IV and IX became the more common form for 4 and 9 respectively.

Edited by sad61t on Friday 20th October 14:37

[So]

sad61t said:

Early Roman numerals were a tally system, always additive, and IIII and VIIII were the normal usage.
Later, (perhaps to reduce fraud, or just to improve legibility) a subtractive notation was introduced and using IV and IX became the more common form for 4 and 9 respectively.

Edited by sad61t on Friday 20th October 14:37

That's what Papa Francesco was just saying. He says that the 4 on Cartier Tank Francaise is perfectly fine.

He was wearing an iced out Rolex day-date incidentally.

[anonymous-user]

Raddors said:

Do it, love mine.

You've got your hand on upside down.

[CardShark]

Have a great weekend, all