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It is not. It is an ancient notation that became fashionable again when clocks were being developed. Watchmakers just followed the sensibilities of their times, and everything sophisticated had to look Roman.



> became fashionable again when clocks were being developed

Why do you think it become fashionable again when clocks were being developed?




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