At the Facepalm subreddit, the top comment was that the clock was upside down (followed by a long discussion of having a diapered toddler in an all-white room).
What bothered me was that if the clockface were rotated to place the XII at the top, all the Vs would be upside down. Perhaps the artist had adopted a sundial face for a wall clock? Strange.
Scrolling down, I found a comment that maybe the hour hand is fixed and the ring of numbers rotate. I don't know. Time to move on. Perhaps one of you can figure this out.
Addendum: My question answered in the Comment section. Hat tip to reader smittypap.
Photo reversed?
ReplyDeleteAn image search shows multiple clocks with this design. Here's one...
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Why it's mounted upside down is another question.
Excellent find. Thanks, smittypap.
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They hung it upside down because the Vs are the only letter that needs to be oriented. People don't know clocks anymore.
ReplyDeleteThe design is such that the inner ring is "down" for all the numbers. This is certainly an odd choice in terms of readability, but it's common to all the top image search returns for "roman numeral clock". I only found a couple that didn't follow the pattern, and they had all the numbers oriented vertically, none arranged on a sort of ray pattern as required to attach to the inner and outer rings here.
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Anyone else thinks this is way to young for a kid to own a realdoll?
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