Roman numerals are ... One of those is in time keeping, in which many clocks use the classical numerals instead of the more popular Arabic replacements. [Nicola]’s clock does too, albeit ...
The Roman numerals denoting the time, and painted on the clock face, go from IX (nine) to X (10), and then back to IX again, rather than progressing to XI (11). Cinderford with Littledean vicar ...