Tim_M
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I do, but I have some help from Kurt Klaus
My calendar is a JLC with the IWC coordinated system. All I need (on the JLC adaptation) is a toothpick and a few flicks of the wrist. I imagine that this would be more burdensome if I actually had to adjust the indications separately and look up a moon age table online. The key is to not leave it unworn for so long that "correcting" the calendar becomes a marathon.
Best,
Tim
how many of you set the date and year on your perpetual or complete calendar when you put it on
after months of non use? ...
Interesting point...
Hi, keks, I wouldnt wear a watch with the wrong time (well, I would and have but rarely) why would I wear a calendar watch with wrong day date month? Hmmm...thanks.
Lol i can assure you...
I try very hard not to wear dirty underwear...🤣😂 And yes, I am OCD in other areas...which makes me wonder why wrong month date dont bother me more...
Don’t have a perpetual...
...but were I to get one, the one shown would be VERY high on the list. Beautiful...
Absolutely, everything set .correct.
Speaking of underwear, being caught with your perpetual, annual or even simple date incorrect is like being caught with your pants down. Actually, I think the level of embarrassment should increase in line with complication; date - pants down, annual cale...
Has to set everything right, if not why having a Perpetual Calendar
Best regards, Baxter
Correct day date month are mandatory, even the moon phase MUST be correct otherwise I just don't feel well
Sometimes I don't have the time to adjust everything so I simply take another watch that day it is as simple as that Your 5050 is a beauty btw Mike
+1, I was going to say exactly the same 😊
If I don't have time to set everything, I just continue using the same watch I was wearing.
I would never let a perpetual go more than a day or so not running.
Perpetuals can be very wearing on the soul and fingers.
Yeah but that requires so many winders...
Or wives / children to wear them all and keep them running... 😉😂
Sounds like you need a concubine or 5.
If you only have one perpetual this is not an overwhelming job. It just becomes soul-sapping about 6 months into possession when you remembered you've worn your Dufour, or Smith, or Journe for two weeks now and the perpetual needs a whole lotta adjusting....
Nope...too OCD...all would not be right with the universe until fixed.
One reason I loathe non-quickset dates (especially in modern movements...do you hear me Omega?!!?).
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But I have a confession ...
... even when I do set the perpetual calendar, I can't read the sub-dials, anyway. On all the watches I have, I can read the time and, on the ones with big dates or a cyclops, the date. But I don't and never have bought good watches to tell the time. I wa...
Finally someone who might possibly understand...
My dilemma! I used to be like everyone else in this thread... Now I lean more like you...
Always has to be correct
Otherwise one feels like a slob; like not having your shirt & tie properly done or having a shoelace loose.
Lol we've met...
IRL and ... While I agree with your point in general and in concept, I'm not sure it translates to flesh and blood and metal... 😉😂
Setting month day and date is easy, agreed but ...
Getting the year right, now that is another story... Thanks for commenting!
I do, but I have some help from Kurt Klaus
My calendar is a JLC with the IWC coordinated system. All I need (on the JLC adaptation) is a toothpick and a few flicks of the wrist. I imagine that this would be more burdensome if I actually had to adjust the indications separately and look up a moon a...
Lol easier said than done...
But that would involve changing wristwear 23 times a day... 😭😂
Hi five Gordon
Me too! I do that most of the time, hence I need to wear my date watches over an extended period!
Haha yes!
For my psm, which I rarely wear, I really do not set the date most of the time! Plus the date is not v obvious to me. Haha
I set the time every time
But sometimes I make a mistake on date or leap year and i usually keep it like this as the day is running away...
Good point. For many of us, these watches are...
Beloved dependents. Good to read you, Ed.
I always set the date and month, and
usually set the moonphase so I can see the moon. I rarely set the moon to a new moon. I figure I'd rather see the moon on the dial than be absolutely correct in its setting.
Interesting twist...i get your point...
But find it interesting that you make the exception for the moonphase (I follow your reasoning...)
Thank goodness I'm not alone!
😊 But it seems we are in the minority... Thanks for chiming in...
Beautiful!
I prefer the simplicity of the stick markers but can appreciate the beautiful of the romans... Thanks for sharing!
Problem solved!
This is my Underwood safe shipped to me from Italy. The watches in the picture are not current as I have done a lot of changing but it certainly takes care of my perpetual and annual calendars! ...
I do
its one of my favorite thing to do when I wear a perpetual. Wind about 30x then set the time/date. it usually takes less than 5 min and have a tooth pick as push pins :0
be careful of slivers if the toothpicks are wooden.
sometimes they splinter and the slivers can get stuck. enjoy your time!