Poorly designed date windows
I think most chronographs with date windows are poorly designed. Most are useless in real life or ruin otherwise good dials. In the examples I found the Edox and the Aikon are kinda cool but the date windows jusr destroys the harmony of the dial. I think date windows aren't meant for chronographs. What do you think? Or it's just that aren't well designed?
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Juan Salvador
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Hate that superfluous complication on anything tbh, but tucked away between indices so it can be ignored is the best placement if they absolutely have to have one 😂
I'm a fan of a pointer date.
I never even set my date window.
Except on digital ones.
I agree with you. Chronographs are already busy enough as it is with the sub dials. I only realise how a chrono looks better without a date window when playing around with date or no date window feature on the Dan Henry website
i dont mind it on the lunar pilot since it's color matched
I don't mind them at all, except for that ML - why ruin the subdial? Actually the Citizen isn't clever either - leave the white date wheel or colour match it - the black isn't great.
I love the date at 12 on the TAG Heuer Carrera Glassbox (although the chrono seconds hand gets in the way) and I don't dislike the upright date at 4:30 on the Seiko SRQ047.
The 7 on the Citizen shown above looks like a >.
I think they are meant for any watch including chronos. 4:30 isn't ideal but I like that the age of the date wheel (when angled) matches the curve if the dial and case. Nothing wrong with it for my money. 3 and 6 o'clock work too.