Dino944
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This watch looks great but I could do without the date. If I could afford $30k-$50k dress watches, I'd lean towards VC more than Patek or any other brand.
The date on that one, just screws up an absolutely beautiful dial and a great looking watch. Other than that, I love the case and dial.
When I was really more into dress than sports watches, VC was my favorite. I found their designs a bit more fun and interesting than the Calatravas of the day.
I know I just defended the 4:30 date on a chrono, but this is actually the worst date on a Chrono or just about any watch IMO. Floating out from the edge, so you know the movement is too small for the case. Then actually at 445 instead of in the middle of the indexes. I'm not sure which is a worse offense (leaning towards the 445 placement), but regardless its as if there was no thought given to the date at all.
The 4:30 date issue has never been a deal breaker for me. For me it always depends on the watch. Yes, the date shifted closer to 4:45 on the RO chronograph when they went from a 39 mm case to a 41 mm case. On the 39 mm cases it was centered. See the below examples. In addition, the 39 mm RO Chronographs had subdials that are all the same size. On the 41 mm chronographs, the minutes and hours subdials are larger than the continuous seconds subdial.