Date or no date?

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While I've owned watches sans date they tend not to get worn a lot. It might not be necessary but for me every day it mainly feels "right" to have the date there at 3 o'clock. In fact, I consider the date more useful than the second hand on an automatic as I've used it on more occasions than I have needed second precision.

Also, as I have a tendency to not remember which day of the week it is, I quite like day/dates. But that might just be me :).
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903Lew wrote:While I've owned watches sans date they tend not to get worn a lot. It might not be necessary but for me every day it mainly feels "right" to have the date there at 3 o'clock. In fact, I consider the date more useful than the second hand on an automatic as I've used it on more occasions than I have needed second precision.

Also, as I have a tendency to not remember which day of the week it is, I quite like day/dates. But that might just be me :).
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I have a Steinhart Maxi Vintage with no date! However I keep looking at it for the date like my CW has .. so I go for having a date :-)

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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:I have met people who can't even remember the own mobile telephone numbers! :lol:
I don't know my home landline. Not sure why they even exist these days?


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bobbubka wrote:
Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:I have met people who can't even remember the own mobile telephone numbers! :lol:
I don't know my home landline. Not sure why they even exist these days?
I don't think that is a problem.
When someone asked Einstein his number he threw them the phone book and told them to look it up.
He explained that he had more important things to remember than that as it was already written down.

...or words to that effect.
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In principle I prefer no-date watches, but I've yet to own one. I like the idea of being able to just set the time and go, without the extra fuss, and not being able to set it between 9pm-3am. I know I could ignore the date and not fuss over it, but I can't help myself.

Still, it never ceases to surprise me how often I refer to my date windows out in the wild. It's arguably one of the most useful complications out there...
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