Hi All,

Steve Lelievre wrote:
 
> I have recently seen a couple of dials which use a nought (a digit > zero) in 
> place of XII,... I've never seen this done on a clock,...

I am a clockmaker. I have repaired a lot of clocks and I have never seen
it on a clock either.

I suggest that the proximity of the hour lines near noon combined with
XII being such a wide Roman numeral may have led the makers to use a 0
just for spacing.

Bob

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