Big Dates
As with most of us, my eyesight starts to diminish as I get older. So, I have a newfound appreciation for the cyclops on a Rolex and other ways to enlarge the date.
The date on my Seamaster is so tiny it blends in and I forget that it even has a date window. While the date on watches like the Blancpain bathyscaphe is so awkward it stops me from considering them.
So, big dates... what are your favorites? Or coarse I omitted the Lange 1 from this pic because it was obvious... but what others are there that you think deserve more attention?
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Lonnie
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6.75” / 17.15 cm
I like my Oris ProbPilot Big Date, it is a bit bigger but not OTT. Well I think so?
Funny, I'm the opposite - my age has too buggered my eyesight so I go for no date watches, or ones where it's small enough to blend in with the indices. Pretty pointless complication anyway imho, only useful once per day and nearly always ruins the look of a dial.
I like date window on dials because most of the time when I'm busy at work I tend to forget the date several times per day as I get older, especially like them when it's large like on Mido Baroncelli Big Date
I'm with you I now prefer watches without the date , Cyclops do help
I like the GO most, and also like the SeaQ big date.
I love big dates and while looking for an "affordable" model I found the Certina DS-1 BIG DATE :
It also runs on the powermatic 80 which is really nice but at 41mm it's getting big for me 😕
Also found this Mido Commander Big Date for 1130€ :
https://www.midowatches.com/fr/commander-big-date-m0216261109100.html
And this Limes which I really like and is only 40,5mm... but it's 1800€
https://www.limes-watches.com/klassik/bigdate-power-reserve/324/pharo-bigdate-ii.-ls#
this Sugess caught my eye, about £150
I love big dates! As you wrote in the OP, many date complications are difficult to read. Here are the two I currently have in my collection:
this Sugess caught my eye, about £150
The aventurine dial and moon phase is the best combo! 🌌🌙