Apple Watch fonts

What you're seeing is actually NOT incorrect. This face borrows on watch faces through the centuries and many many watch faces on many high end watches have the time for 4 listed as IIII. This is classic and time honored for watch faces. Bottom line is, Apple didn't make a mistake.

This is a really good article, which explains why it is this way on more watches than not --> https://www.watchmaster.com/en/journal/stories-en/roman-numeral-iiii-on-watches

peter63 wrote:

I was hoping someone could explain why the Roman numeral for 4 in the California watch face is incorrect?

It is shown as IIII whereas it should be IV.

Wikipedia also notes that IIII is commonly used on clocks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals

And it's been thus, for a couple centuries!

Hi peter63,

That's a great observation. We'd advise to contact Apple Support, so you can let them know about this.

Apple Support

Take care!

Hello Peter63,

We understand that the California watch face is not displaying correctly., on your Apple Watch. It should appear this way:

"California

This watch face features a mix of Roman and Arabic numerals.

• Customizable features: Color • Numerals (Pills, Roman, California, Arabic, Arabic Indic, Devanagari) • Dial (Full Screen, Circular)
• Available complications: Activity • Alarms • Astronomy (Earth, Moon, Moon Phase, Solar, Solar System) • Audiobooks • Blood Oxygen • Calculator • Calendar (Today’s Date, Your Schedule) • Camera Remote • Compass (Compass, Elevation, Level) • Compass Waypoints • Contacts • Controls (Battery, Cellular) • Cycle Tracking • ECG • Find Devices • Find Items • Find People • Heart Rate • Home • Mail • Maps (Maps, Nearby Transit) • Medications • Messages • Mindfulness • Monogram • Music • News • Noise (Sound Levels) • Now Playing • Phone • Podcasts • Reminders • Remote • Shortcuts • Sleep • Stocks • Stopwatch • Time (Analog Seconds, Analog Time, Digital Seconds, Digital Time) • Timer • Tips • Voice Memos • Walkie-Talkie • Weather • Workout • World Clock (Sunrise/Sunset)"

More details here: Apple Watch faces and their features

If it is not being displayed correctly, the following steps may be able to help correct this issue:

1. Restart your Apple Watch

2. Be sure you're running the latest software version: Update Apple Watch software

Let us know if this helps.

Best regards.