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Dilemma at the turn of the year. How do you solve that?
Just waiting for the first full moon in my new honeymoon with my IWC 3754-07.
But: The most important time of the year for every owner of a PC with a full year display is coming soon. 🙏
I am torn.
On the one hand, you want to celebrate the newcoming year at midnight with your family. This year due to Covid in the closest circle.
On the other hand, I am DYING to follow the changes on the calendar display as well as (especially!!) the turn of the full year indication.
I still have no idea how to deal with it if I don't want to appear „special“ or „anti-social“. Admire my watch quietly and concentrated (autistic!!) while the others want to toast the new year with you. „Sorry, I have definitely no time for you!“ Hahahahahahahaha
How do you solve that? Set the calendar forwards or backwards beforehand?
But then I don't have the live experience. Luxury problems, I know ...
Best Thomas
Dilemma at the turn of the year. How do you solve that?
Just waiting for the first full moon in my new honeymoon with my IWC 3754-07. But: The most important time of the year for every owner of a PC with a full year display is coming soon. 🙏 I am torn. On the one hand, you want to celebrate the newcoming year ...
I plan to be...
...self centered on my watch for 5 minutes, around midnight to see the PPC magic and all the dials and hands show! This will be the watch. ...
Hhmmmmhhh....
I don't want to take off the watch. Is your proposal a good solution? The iPhone in one hand filming, the glass of sparkling wine or champagne in the other. „Unfortunately, I can't hug you and wish you all the best. Unfortunately I don't have a free hand....
Pull out the crown a minute before midnight,
drink the champagne with your family and then, in the peace and comfort of your favorite armchair push back the crown and enjoy the magic! 🍾🎄🎊
I like your Novecento very much
And I think it has a rectangular movement especially adapted to the case? Perhaps I should remove myself for an hour? LOLLL Best Thomas
That‘s what I am afraid of.
Do you know how big the risk is of dust entering if the crown is not screwed down?
Set it 3 hours ahead today and watch it change at 9 for the next few days
I’m too old to stay up til midnight. BTW this is not a quick-change movement! Expect 2-3 hours for the process to complete itself on all subdials. They change in sequence- I’ll post pics if you like. Probably start at 11 and end by 2 am Cazalea
Very important hint. Thank you!!
I forgot. The changes don't happen all at once. Do you remember, when the year indicator changes the ones digit?
Here are two photo sequences
You can't film it because a feature-length, 2-hr movie of watch dials not changing won't even keep the owner awake. That's why in 17 years of owning this watch I only have a couple sequences... I gave up this year and came back at 6 am to find it changed....
Very interesting pics!
Thanks a lot for them. Good to know that the year changes not too near at midnight. And it is exciting (at least for a watch nerd like me) that obviously also the month indicator changes before the day and date. So I can cherish the hope that I have enoug...
Thank you IWC
for moving my post to the IWC forum. BUT I had intentionally posted my thread under Horological Meandering 1. so as not to annoy everyone here in the IWC forum with another post from my Da Vinci 😎 2. because I thought the topic is not IWC specific. So: 😭 ...
Let me be the annoying one
The only thing worse than watching a slow watch year change is trying to watch two without banging your head against the wall, crying "Why do I have this foolish hobby/obsession?" ...
Hahahahaha!
So funny!! And with these two beasts you obviously have a problem. This hobby / addiction drives us all to weird behavior and actions. We are hopelessly lost... LOLLL Best Thomas
I know, I know, mon ami!
BUT here the star for me is the year indicator. I want to watch the change from „2020“ to „2021“. In epic breadth but socially adequate. ☺️
Well, let's see
how interesting it is for my family to watch the hundredths of a millimeter changes in the year slider and the changes of the other indicators for two or more hours (as cazalea has so aptly and impressively illustrated). LOL
Problem solved!
I simply missed it. Hahahahaha. Thinking that the „movie“ ((c) cazalea) would take 2 hours I realized at 00:26 that all changes including the change of the full year window had happened already. So: next year - new chance! LOL Best Thomas P.S.: There was ...
Oops, your changeover may vary!
It might have started early. I suppose it depends on who assembled the watch and how much slack is in the various systems. Mine hasn’t started yet (West Coast)
No, it was just shorter than imagined.
When I looked at the dial at 23:45 for the last time, nothing had changed so far. Perhaps it is a later generation? My 3750 first generation also needed a longer time. Best Thomas
Thank you, my dear friend, for
your friendly, warm-hearted comment. It is always a great pleasure for me to read your posts and admire your stunning collection. All the best for a happy, healthy New Year. May all your wishes come true Thomas
