What time is it? Watches and horology

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tertius in reply to @Regal

I agree it does seem a bit of a weird variation for an El Primero. Its this one. An earlier version of which I noticed in a read back through the thread got a kicking a few pages ago ... LoL. I love it, probably my favourite watch and definitely would be the last to go.

Best not get started on date windows ... I don't mind a date but I absolutely detest contrasting date wheels, especially in an otherwise single colour dial. If its a panda dial or similar I can sort of understand it, but a black dial with a white date wheel just grates.

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nick_h. in reply to @tertius

How about a contrasting year? This is a one-off platinum sapphire version of the most complicated watch in the world (at the time), commissioned by the Sultan of Brunei. Presumably he wanted it this way.

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tertius in reply to @nick_h.

Hmm, not for me, especially like that the contrasting numbers just grate.

A good example is the Glashutte Original Sport Evo Pano Date, where the original version had a contrasting big date window, but later versions had a matching black date, the later one is far nicer (and then one I had!)

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