Here's an article about the 50 shades of the California Watch Face.
Some of the shades:
Note the VI for 4 in position 2, rows 1, 3, 5, and 7. Whether this is deliberate or accidental, a feature or a but, it will be fixed in the next beta or the GM.
Further, note the use of IIII instead of IV in position 2, rows 2, 4, 6, and 8. Some people would have you believe this is a mistake and IV is correct. That is incorrect.
In horology, it was a common practice for centuries to use IIII at the 4 position to give an aesthetic balance to the dial's VIII in the 8 position. This was true of both watches and clocks. Not all clock and watch makers subscribed to that aesthetic.
The California Watch face is growing on me. I'm happy we have something in the way of rectangular watch faces.
Some of the shades:
Note the VI for 4 in position 2, rows 1, 3, 5, and 7. Whether this is deliberate or accidental, a feature or a but, it will be fixed in the next beta or the GM.
Further, note the use of IIII instead of IV in position 2, rows 2, 4, 6, and 8. Some people would have you believe this is a mistake and IV is correct. That is incorrect.
In horology, it was a common practice for centuries to use IIII at the 4 position to give an aesthetic balance to the dial's VIII in the 8 position. This was true of both watches and clocks. Not all clock and watch makers subscribed to that aesthetic.
The California Watch face is growing on me. I'm happy we have something in the way of rectangular watch faces.