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    D'oh! I just realized why date windows at 4/4:30 bother me so much...

    ...it's because I wear my watch on my right wrist! So if the date window is at 4/4:30, when I go to look at my watch, it's totally at the wrong angle to read. Where, for those who wear theirs on their left wrist, that angle is perfect.

    OK, an epiphany for me, but I never claimed to be all that bright...

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    These are 3 o'clock windows dropped 45 degrees.....would 6 o'clock windows hoicked up the 45 degrees work for you?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Der Amf View Post
    These are 3 o'clock windows dropped 45 degrees.....would 6 o'clock windows hoicked up the 45 degrees work for you?


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    Ha ha. No.

    But I mind this one less, the window is round and the date is vertical:

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    D'oh! I just realized why date windows at 4/4:30 bother me so much...




    What about these?

    I'm wearing mine on my right wrist as well

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    It may not necessarily be the location that is bothersome, butt the typical date alignment associated with that 4:30 location. For the watches posted above, I don't think the angle at which the date sits would be easily read if worn on the right wrist. As opposed to the left wrist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by synequano View Post



    What about these?

    I'm wearing mine on my right wrist as well
    To each his own, but yes, that would bother me. In fact, it always did with my last pre-mechanical phase watch:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hayseed Brown View Post
    It may not necessarily be the location that is bothersome, butt the typical date alignment associated with that 4:30 location. For the watches posted above, I don't think the angle at which the date sits would be easily read if worn on the right wrist. As opposed to the left wrist.
    For me, it's both, with the latter being the straw that breaks the camel's back.


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    I can't see what the problem is


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    So you would dismiss a great watch because you wear it on the wrong arm?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chase View Post
    So you would dismiss a great watch because you wear it on the wrong arm?
    Whaddya mean, the wrong arm? Righty conspiracy strikes again, I tell ya.


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