massi.
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The main (maybe the only?) reason is the setting of the perpetual calendar, allowing the movement to know in which of the 4 years of cycle it is.
Feb 16, 2019,00:16 AM
There are some interesting proposals where the leap year indication is very discreet, like the old ones from GO:
A little hole that show a color code (usually, red for the leap year). When it shows the white color, like this year, it is almost invisible...
(in the case of Lange, I have always wondered why they choosed to ruin the aesthetics of the dial by placing an indication on the other in such a sad way...)
Best,
massi
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Leap Year Indicator.
By: Thomas_3 : February 15th, 2019-17:55
Curious as to your thoughts. Is the leap year indicator REALLY that important on a watch?? Personally I see no need as it happens only every 4 years. Just my opinion, that absolutely no one asked for
I Actually Like
By: baufoam : February 15th, 2019-21:48
A perpetual calendar without the Leap Year indicator. The dial is less cluttered. The Patek 3448 is one of my favorite watches as is the Patek 1526. Those dials are so beautiful.
Lange too
By: galt : February 15th, 2019-22:04
The same is true in my view on the Langematik Perpetual vs the Saxonia Calendar. In that the Saxonia Calendar has an very clean and elegant dial. If there is going to be a perpetual indicator I prefer it in a small window myself.
+1
By: 1WatchMan : February 15th, 2019-22:32
And I love Moser's interpretation very much, with the leap year indication in the back.
+1 [nt]
By: Watchonthewrists : February 16th, 2019-00:26
++1! (nt)
By: Ronald Held : February 16th, 2019-12:37
NT