I absolutely cannot function without a date window but I question the practicality of a pointer, the legibility is compromised even at a large size and it clutters so much of the face .. I guess there’s some excitement seeing it sweep back for the 1st of the month.
As for having a year window on a watch (previous page) .. No practical value surely , just showing off?
On a perpetual calendar you need at least a leap year indicator so you know that it will trigger the 29th February in the correct years. A year indicator is a nice one-up to that.
Perpetual calendars absolutely are about showing off.
I absolutely cannot function without a date window but I question the practicality of a pointer, the legibility is compromised even at a large size and it clutters so much of the face .. I guess there’s some excitement seeing it sweep back for the 1st of the month.
As for having a year window on a watch (previous page) .. No practical value surely , just showing off?