Do you miss the date?

[waynorth]

Never understood the need for a date on a watch. What are you guys doing, writing checks?

[Krash]

Originally Posted by waynorth

Never understood the need for a date on a watch. What are you guys doing, writing checks?

Yeah, and then they act like they're the only ones that have a job.

If we don't need a date on our watch, then obviously we don't have a job.

LOL!

I have to confess...I do have the date function on 2 of my watches, but the argument on why people need a date on their watch always cracks me up...

[vipereaper30]

I have quite a few no-date watches and honestly I never get used to missing the date. It's arguably the most useful complication on a watch for someone who semi-regular needs to know the date but not enough to really keep track of it.

I love the asthetics of the no-dates but probably at least once a day I glance down to get a glimpse and then have to pull out the phone for a date backup.

[vipereaper30]

Originally Posted by RoRoRo

Sometimes I put my watch on and don’t even set date or the time

I can do this around the house but if I'm going out in public I'm too self-conscious and think that someone is going to judge me like I don't know how to set the time or I just wear a Rolex cause it's a Rolex. Like anyone is ever going to notice

[Roddypeepa]

It depends on the size of the collection imo.

I had a dj41, smp300m and a 114060.

Loved the sub but it’s that good I wore it almost daily. So I traded it for a date version.
If I was adding now I’d go speedie, explorer or explorer ii or bb pro ( what a watch) or bb gmt. Date less of an issue the more you have imo.


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[Roddypeepa]

Originally Posted by rG2022

Same here. I guess it’s similar to driving a fast sports car but people rarely push the performance (unless they take it to a track).

Wowzers. Never understood this. Flexing surely?


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[ap1]

I like matching date wheel color best

[rG2022]

Originally Posted by Roddypeepa

Wowzers. Never understood this. Flexing surely?


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Haha maybe you are right. I guess for me I’m just lazy, I rotate my watch on a daily basis and after a couple of years I just dont bother setting the date anymore.

I realize all my rolexes are time only. The ones I got with date feature are less robust and I’m not wearing as often.

[GGGMT]

Explorer 1. Perfect. No date needed





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[amanbra]

Originally Posted by Krash

So I have watches with and without the date function. Either way, it’s not a deal breaker for me.

But I have a question for the guys saying they can’t live without the date function.

Do you really forget what date it is on a daily basis and constantly need to refer to your watch?

Yesterday was the 16th. I don’t need to look at my watch to find out what todays date is. I know it’s the 17th.

So what’s going on there?


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It’s twenty years of muscle memory that’s the issue.

In my job I sign off on contracts a lot and it is muscle memory to look at my wrist to double check the date. Now if I’m wearing a no date watch then I’ll then look to my phone or computer screen. It’s not a number I carry in my head because of how I be grown used to it being on my wrist.

It’s like how I could remember 50 phone numbers before mobile phones did it for me.

You never get half way through a busy day and go hmm is it Tuesday or wed today? Never?


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[Rebel]

Yes.

[ttomczak]

Sorry (not really) but firmly in the have a date camp

[wclowe]

My wife added a Coral OP to her Floral DateJust and remarked that she really missed the date window when wearing the OP. As for myself, I feel the same way when switching from my Batman to Daytona so you may regret going from date to no date…

Cheers!


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[NachoNeal]

Originally Posted by Speedbird-1

Haven't set the date for years and years.

Apart from the calendar in the kitchen, there are so many other places to check the date, and who doesn't have a 'phone that shows the date these days.

I watch the TV early news most mornings, I'm an old geezer, but I'm lucky enough to still have a memory span of at least one day.

Mind you, I sometimes forget what day of the week it is!

Hmmmm.......I hear a possible, DD purchase approaching.

When I joined this forum, I was shocked to learn that some people have to look at their watch ten to fifteen times a day to determine what date it is.

[jarecki]

Personally I would not buy a watch without a date… Never have, never will.

[Boopie]

Last year I got an older Air King 114200 as a weekend watch (intentionally, so I don’t have a date to set). It is weird to me not having a date, after wearing a watch with a date for over 20 years. I’ve been in the legal profession for decades, and have had to sign and date countless documents.

I do enjoy its symmetrical dial, though.

I wear a DJ during the week.

[Chester01]

I have had date and non date watches and this is not really an arguable point that any watch with a date is simply more functional than a watch without. There will be a time that one needs the date and does not have their phone and that’s where the watch comes in. This is especially true for those of us here that don’t have their phones surgically attached to to their hands or heads.

There will be people that say oh, I always recall the date and remember it. That’s BS. In vacation or as one gets older or retires or works less there will be a need. The only argument for the in date is for fashion purposes and I don’t buy watches for show, I use them as what they were intended for time and date. I had a speedy pro and couple Daytona’s and missed the date.

[douglasf13]

All I know is, as I mentioned earlier, I used to say all the same things about needing a date function, and I only had watches with dates, but, since I got an Explorer and got rid of anything else, it’s really been a non-factor. I don’t need to check the date constantly, so using the the multiple date sources around me (phone, computer, calendar, car, etc.) is fine.

Interestingly, I tend to find most Rolex watches a bit slower to read when it comes to time, because of that shiny crystal and distracting cyclops on a dial that isn’t exactly gigantic. I’d argue the Explorer is easier to read the actual time compared to all the cyclops-equipped Rolexes I’ve had in the past, but, ultimately, I’m fine with or without the date.

[Rolexforthewin]

I recently sold my Sub w/date for a no date and absolutely love it. I guess it depends on the number of pieces you have with a date. I own 11 Rolex watches, and 9 of them have the date function. For me, it's a nice change of pace.

[Carondelet]

Originally Posted by douglasf13

I have to eat crow a bit, because I used to tease people for wanting a "cleaner" dial without the date function, because the date function is so useful...until I got an Explorer. It's my first Rolex without a date function, and now it's my only, daily watch. Taking my phone out of pocket frequently to tell time drives me crazy, but I find the lower frequency of needing to know the date is perfectly suitable for getting out my phone (or, when applicable, glancing at my laptop.) It also helps me work the old memory muscles a bit more.

Regarding your point about taking your phones out of your pocket, I feel the same way.

The less I can interact with my phone the better!

I actually prefer non-date watches only because of the lower complexity of the movement. If I have a no-date watch that's been a bit out of rotation I just need to set the time and then go! The aesthetics aren't as much of a factor for me.