My OG blue AE is the only watch I own with a date window. That’s how much I hate date windows. But in this case it worked for me and I love the watch. Why?
Because, re the date specifically,
1. it’s not at 3,
2. it’s tone-on-tone with a blue background that matches the dial, and
3. the date is oriented for people who wear their watches on their right wrist - which suits me cos I’m a lefty (no VC American 1921 for me, darn it)
I’m leaving out the great colour blue dial, the case, etc. And the movement which whilst not exciting, is perfectly adequate.
I looooove the new salmon dial model but it commits one cardinal sin for me, which is the placement and size of the subdial: too small and too high. Nothing’s perfect…
Best
E.