Is this normal?

Watches vary, none of mine just click over to the next day. Is the watch damaged or is it just a poor photo?

Probably. It's not necessarily anything unusual. It takes energy to advance that wheel and it can't detract from normal time telling. Actually, be glad that the change occurs so close to midnight. Sometimes this is pretty far off.

Whether its an issue depends on the movement. In my experience, movements based on ETA designs (e.g. 2824-2, 2892-2, 2893-2, their Sellita counterparts, and the PT5000) and other Swiss in-house movements (JLC Cal. 899, Tudor MT5652), tend to instantly snap over at the movement's midnight, but not the Japanese movements. In the case of the Seiko NH35 powered watch I have, the date appears to take about an hour to flip over.

Normal for that movement.

Thanks for your reply, the watch is brand new still has the stickers on :)

Thanks for the information, very interesting.

The movement on this watch is Seiko NH35A so I believe its normal, it kind of starts turning 5 min before.midnight and reaches the new date at midnight.

Thanks a lot :)

Every movement is different, but this seems like normal behavior to me.

Yup. Normal.

So, you are concerned that once you hit 00:00 on the new day, the date showing is correct?

I haven't kept track of them, but pretty sure this company used to be called "Mecaniche Veniziani" or something like that. I always thought it was a mouthful so it's nice to see they shortened it.

Other than your concern about the date, how do you like it? Always liked the designs but haven't seen much about them.

the venezianico Redentore uses a NH35 and as far as i know thats normal for that movement

23:55 to 24:00 would be amazing.

I guess, according to the picture provided, you mean 22:55 to 24:00. As others have said: Absolutely normal for that movement.

Perfectly normal for an NH35; it's not an instant process. With an NH36 movement, the day takes an additional couple of hours after the date flips. The exact moment it flips over is not so much an issue with the movement as it is how much care was taken when setting the hands during manufacturing.

It is normal. No worries.

Yes

My NH35 movement behaves in the same way.

As others have noted, yes.

What is not normal is why the stickers are still on tbh..

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It's perfectly normal as others have said...

The date driving wheel (red arrow) is turned by the mainspring (along with the minute hand, etc). It is geared to turn once every 24 hours. On that date driving wheel is a "finger" that catches on the "teeth" of the date dial (blue arrow)

It takes time for the finger to push the tooth from one date to the next as the date driving wheel turns.

The movement is a Seiko 7009 but it's similar enough to the NH35 to illustrate the point

#SME right here btws...

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Yeah, sounds about right for a NH35 movement.

Depends on the movement they've used. Some automatic movements do this.

So, on balance, and without knowing more, I'd guess you're watch is working fine.

Depends upon the watch movement. Some change instantaneously while some others may take up to 2 hours to change.

So yes, it seems normal.

As long as it really turns to the correct date in the morning I suppose it's normal. Each movement has their own of date transition style. Some just change to new date instantly with no transition, but Seiko usually got the transition between 11 pm to 2 am.

Nah was just wondering if it's normal for it to turn slowly

Thank you so.much, this is valuable info for me :)

More normal than having a T-rex bite mark out of solid steel

Quite normal