Obviously in an ideal world I’d have had the means to buy both! I agree that I’d prefer my choice without date, but I still love it and really think of it a a perfect casual watch. Plus it goes well with my wife’s reverso! Also, after 20 years of collecting watches I have come to the conclusion that
…the story is basically ‘rich well connected guy discovers watches, immediately uses connections to buy some ultra rare watches’. Combine that with the fact that I’ve seen him on the Hodinkee comments being condescending about other people choices (i saw a comment where someone said they found Danie
I’m about 25 miles away, in Scotch Plains, and I desperately miss living in New York and being walking distance to CP. At least I also have an OP to console me!