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6 July 2020, 04:57 AM | #31 |
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6 July 2020, 04:58 AM | #32 |
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For me nothing ruins a watch like a badly done date window.
The Patek Aquanaut is a prime example of this. Particularly the 5066. Same goes for the AP Code thing (and in fact, anything with a 4pm date window). |
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I’m not a huge fan of that either, but I’ll take that so long as legibility is not sacrificed. I owned both and can tell you the Daytona and some other chronos I owned the legibility when actually used to time things other than steaks were useless. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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6 July 2020, 05:38 AM | #34 |
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+1.
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6 July 2020, 05:40 AM | #35 |
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You are so right; that date window looks like a poor afterthought. What was PP thinking?
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6 July 2020, 05:49 AM | #36 |
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I need a date window.
I need hands with lume. I need legibility. NO markers or sub-dials for power reserve. Chronograph sub-dials are fine if the face is large enough for them to be usable.
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6 July 2020, 07:40 AM | #37 |
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In a Rolex, no date bothers me except in a Daytona.
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6 July 2020, 07:51 AM | #38 |
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I hate snowflake hands & roman numerals..
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6 July 2020, 08:32 AM | #40 |
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6 July 2020, 08:44 AM | #41 |
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That is indeed hideous. And on a Patek Philippe?? If anybody should know better it's PP. Glad they sorted out that egregious error.
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6 July 2020, 09:15 AM | #42 |
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Diamonds anywhere on the dial and even watch for that matter
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6 July 2020, 09:21 AM | #43 |
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Insufficient markers on a dial.
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6 July 2020, 10:23 AM | #44 |
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6 July 2020, 01:26 PM | #45 |
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Another vote for diamonds being a dial's worst friend.
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6 July 2020, 01:39 PM | #46 |
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I don’t like a border around a date window. It makes it more noticeable and therefore distracting to me.
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6 July 2020, 07:54 PM | #47 |
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I don,t like the markers on the Daytona. They are not sharp enough for my taste
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I call them ‘holesaw’ dials. Take a nice dial and just dig a hole for a sub dial.
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6 July 2020, 08:52 PM | #49 |
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I don't like train tracks around the dial. Don't know why but yeah...
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6 July 2020, 09:41 PM | #50 |
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I just showed this to my wife and we both agree we can’t unsee it, now I’m afraid to go back and see my watches.
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6 July 2020, 09:47 PM | #51 |
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Any dial with anything green.
I don't like green at all. except lawns or cash.
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6 July 2020, 09:51 PM | #52 |
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Date at 4:30 is a deal breaker for me.
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6 July 2020, 09:55 PM | #53 |
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Power reserve for me. If I’ve not worn a watch for a day or two, I’ll give it a quick wind, don’t need to be reminded...
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6 July 2020, 10:00 PM | #54 |
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Pink or Grape dial.
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6 July 2020, 10:28 PM | #55 |
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Most things I don't like are already mentioned in this topic.
I like the Sky Dweller very much but I don't like the fact that the 24H ring is partly covered by the cyclops and that's a dealbreaker for me. I also can't think of a reason why Rolex did that.
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6 July 2020, 10:33 PM | #56 |
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I need to be able to read the dial
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6 July 2020, 10:38 PM | #57 |
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Cathedral hands, like in most Monblanc watches and in the Seiko Alpinist. I really hate them.
I used not to like the snowflake hands too but I simply wanted the Pelagos too much to be stopped by that. I'm not saying that now I love them; what I can say that I don't hate them anymore. |
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The thin bezel, the uncluttered dial, it's so discreet, highly legible, just a great watch, IMHO.
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6 July 2020, 10:45 PM | #59 |
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I don't disagree
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6 July 2020, 10:49 PM | #60 |
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Oh, I forgot the other thing that I absolutely despise in a watch: a date window too close to the inner part of the dial, symptom of a small caliber installed in an uselessly oversize case.
Picture taken from the web: AP15400 vs. AP15500 |
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