I think Cartier does the best looking rectangular watches - Tank Francaise or Americaine or classic Santos. I'd frankly choose one of those over an uncomplicated Reverso.
I've seen a surprising amount of focus on the date function on TZ. I don't deny that it's useful to be able to glance down and know the date, especially on an absent minded morning, but I don't see how you can spend thousands of dollars on something with such a blatant aesthetic defect. To me it's almost as purpose defeating as a watch that is wildly inaccurate.
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Originally Posted by Dino944 
Before I really got into collecting, I thought not giving a watch a date function was just a cost saving measure. Now I recognize how often the symmetry of a dial is lost due to a date function. Its really quite sad what a mess companies often make of a dial just to put in a date window. I think most companies believe adding a date for practicality's sake increases the number of potential buyers. Just one example, but the Rolex Daytona has been subject to lots criticism for not having a date. Just research it on TZ. When Rolex used the Zenith El Primero as a base people ranted about them not making use of the date function that the movement has. Then some people bitched that the inhouse movement didn't give a date. I've also seen a ton of posts about people selling them after a short time because they found they can't live with a watch that doesn't have a date function. So sadly, I think its a bit of management pandering to the masses who complain when a watch doesn't have a date. I think collectors or those with an interest in design are the ones that more often choose watches without a date.
Before I really got into collecting, I thought not giving a watch a date function was just a cost saving measure. Now I recognize how often the symmetry of a dial is lost due to a date function. Its really quite sad what a mess companies often make of a dial just to put in a date window. I think most companies believe adding a date for practicality's sake increases the number of potential buyers. Just one example, but the Rolex Daytona has been subject to lots criticism for not having a date. Just research it on TZ. When Rolex used the Zenith El Primero as a base people ranted about them not making use of the date function that the movement has. Then some people bitched that the inhouse movement didn't give a date. I've also seen a ton of posts about people selling them after a short time because they found they can't live with a watch that doesn't have a date function. So sadly, I think its a bit of management pandering to the masses who complain when a watch doesn't have a date. I think collectors or those with an interest in design are the ones that more often choose watches without a date.
I've seen a surprising amount of focus on the date function on TZ. I don't deny that it's useful to be able to glance down and know the date, especially on an absent minded morning, but I don't see how you can spend thousands of dollars on something with such a blatant aesthetic defect. To me it's almost as purpose defeating as a watch that is wildly inaccurate.
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