The Short Month -- The Great Date Transition
I'm very curious to discover if I'm the only weird one out there. So, as you all know, today is February 28 and tomorrow is March 1, so unless you don't have a date complication or have a perpetual calendar (whether mechanical or digital), all of us, even those with annual calendars, will need to manually advance our watches to re-set the date display for tomorrow.
Before I left for work this morning, I went over to my winders, and other than the watch I put on for the day, one by one, advanced the date to the 31st, so that they will flip over automatically to the correct date come midnight, so that I don't worry about it or forget in the morning (it's actually kind of annoying, given that we'll need to advance the hour to go back onto DST in less than two weeks). Does anyone else do this, or am I the only one?
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Jay
My problem isn't that I want a watch....it's that I want ALL the watches.
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I do them all if I am bored but in general I will adjust the dates on mine as I wear them.
Too funny! I'll wait until tomorrow since I generally switch watches several times per day and want them to show the correct date.
I normally wear 1 watch all week. No winder, so I start it up on Sunday.
This week is a Vostok, so it’ll be the wrong date for the rest of the week.
I wear mainly no date watch for that kind of reason. Just reminding how painful it is to set the day and date on the tiny hurty little crown on my SNKL or SNK gives me sweaty hands. I just got a Citizen eco-drive with perpetual calendar, it will be the perfect occasion to see if I set it correctly (month and year). I never set the date before it was effectively late (call me superstitious)
I generally have to adjust time/date every time I switch cos I like to wear one watch for a few days.
So it won’t feel any different to what I normally do. I’m probably not the kind of person you wanted to respond to this 😅
Most people probably already know this, but most watches that do not have an extra crown position to adjust the date separately, there's a quicker way than winding the heck out of your watch to change the date.
Just wind until the date changes once forward, then wind backward to about 9:30pm, then wind forward through midnight again. You typically don't need to go 24 hours around the entire dial just to advance the date.
I have found this to be true on multiple different brands. I don't own a single watch that doesn't work this way.
I chose option one, but it sounds too harsh calling you weird for that.
I’d write the date incorrectly a few times if I did super preemptive date advancement. So wait till midnight for me
People who are happy living without the date on their watch are: oligarchs, dictators, retired, or psychopaths. I guess it could also be combo of reasons 1,2 and 4 🙂
Most people probably already know this, but most watches that do not have an extra crown position to adjust the date separately, there's a quicker way than winding the heck out of your watch to change the date.
Just wind until the date changes once forward, then wind backward to about 9:30pm, then wind forward through midnight again. You typically don't need to go 24 hours around the entire dial just to advance the date.
I have found this to be true on multiple different brands. I don't own a single watch that doesn't work this way.
Also many Seiko owners think their vintage model predates a quick set function not realizing that pushing down the crown halfway on some models advances the date and pushing down all the way advances both day and date. I've had a few fun occasions showing someone this feature on a watch that they've owned for quite some time.
I prefer watches without dates. Dates are convenient if I have to write a check but inconvenient if I have to set them when I’m in a hurry 😁. If I think about it, I’ll wind the watch I’m thinking about wearing for the next day and set the appropriate date the night before. But I usually just set it as I’m throwing the watch on.
My Mako II and my vintage Omega Constellation have day/dates complications which are a pain (especially the constellation since they’re not both quickset), but they’re very sentimental watches to me so I don’t mind so much.
Sounds like a butler would solve your problem.
I’m eagerly awaiting to see if my perpetual calendar ecodrive needs a poke or not, since it was reset recently. And if it needs one this year, does that mean it won’t next year?
I’m with the majority here but rethinking it. I never even thought of advancing a day before. I think it’s a great idea and will do it on my GMT before I post. There I did it.
I rarely set the date on my watches.
I don't use a winder, so I reset my watch whenever I pull one out of the case to wear it. Also, being a sociopathic retiree, with aspirations towards dictatorship I'm kinda preferring watches without a day-date complication. (However, IceCreamMan's sounds very appealing)
I thought I was the only one!
I chose option one, but it sounds too harsh calling you weird for that.
I’d write the date incorrectly a few times if I did super preemptive date advancement. So wait till midnight for me
People who are happy living without the date on their watch are: oligarchs, dictators, retired, or psychopaths. I guess it could also be combo of reasons 1,2 and 4 🙂
Oh, I only did it to the watches that I'm not wearing today -- the watch on my wrist is still set to the 28th.
Sounds like a butler would solve your problem.
I'm lucky to live comfortably, but I'm not THAT well off. I have a few watches and winders that I keep them on.
I’m with the majority here but rethinking it. I never even thought of advancing a day before. I think it’s a great idea and will do it on my GMT before I post. There I did it.
I don't preemptively change the one I'm wearing, lol! Only the ones that I'm not!
😜
I have people to do all this for me for free.
I have people to do all this for me for free.
Spousal abuse is a real thing, you know! 😜
Spousal abuse is a real thing, you know! 😜
Nah.. it's just child labor.
Nah.. it's just child labor.
Oh, well in that case...
This is the night the Citizen Chronomaster does it’s thing all by itself. I’m traveling, so I won’t be there, but I’ll go home to a watch properly set. Since you can’t post a video, here’s a link:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/rU86zcFZsKf9EaAA8
The watch I’m wearing has a quick set hour hand, so it’s fun to flip it around the dial a few times, which I’ll do around midnight. Everything else will have stopped by the time I get home.
Like others, have too many, so I do not bother for my watches with dates until I wear them next.
Like others, have too many, so I do not bother for my watches with dates until I wear them next.
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