Do you really need a date ??

[bfleischer]

Nope not a beautiful woman to take out but an actual time piece that tells you the date .

You see I just don't get this . My friend loves everything about the Milgauss EXCEPT the fact it has no date . So he decided not to get it. I don't know about everybody else but I just cant understand why that is such a necessity in this day and age let alone a deal breaker. My cell phone is ALWAYS on me It has the date, my computer is always on it tells me the date , my local newspaper that I get every morning even has the date on it , if my watch didn't have the date I am pretty sure I could even ask the person next to me "hey buddy do you have the date "

I mean if I loved everything about a watch the looks, feel , quality etc but it couldn't tell me the date that wouldn't stop me from getting it (if I could afford it ) . I don't know maybe it's me but I just don't get it lol.

[hhh007]

I like the date function because I never seem to know the date when writing a check or filling out a bank deposit form.

[sakuraba]

I hardly ever need the date, but found it iconic to see the cyclops on my Rolex. For the Milgauss, I would make an exception.

[bfleischer]

Originally Posted by hhh007

I like the date function because I never seem to know the date when writing a check or filling out a bank deposit form.

Yea that happens to me to. Even more reason not to have it !!!

[Tools]

I've never understood the reasoning either...........

However, it's good to have a back-up plan.......

[bfleischer]

LMFAO Thats great . See now someones thinking !! lol

[sakuraba]

Originally Posted by Tools

I've never understood the reasoning either...........

However, it's good to have a back-up plan.......

Works most of the time, Larry, but today is the 26th!

[tgoose1]

I like having the date feature, but don't care for the cyclops on Rolex sport watches.

[Rippin]

Originally Posted by bfleischer

My cell phone is ALWAYS on me It has the date, my computer is always on it tells me the date...

Well, by this reasoning we don't even need watches, because phones and computers have the time as well, and probably are more accurate

For the record, I prefer to have a date on a watch if possible.

[JBat]

I use the date function on my watches just about every day, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't own a watch without one, because I would.

[BDSmith]

Nice Palm Pilot Tools!

As far as the date goes, I feel the watch is incomplete without it. When I don't see the date I feel as though the watch is cheap. Plus, a Rolex HAS to have the cyclops. ;)

Would I make an except for the Milgauss? Of course, but the price would have to be right on it.

[Jason71]

I love my no-date Rolexes

[JJ Irani]

Must have the date for instant reading on the watch. I don't believe in fiddling/farting around with other technological items to tell me the date, when I can have it in a nano-second on my Rolex with the flick of my wrist.

JJ

[sturgeon123456]

I really enjoy having the date on my watches. I actually prefer the cyclops as well. On my non Rolex watches I miss not having the cyclops. Mind you, my vision up close is not great so it's like having reading glasses built into the watch.

[TheDeuce]

I'm often checking the date on my watches. If I had a dollar for every time I looked for a date when I was wearing my Daytona I'd have that platinum DDII by now.



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[dannyp]

I do like having it, but could do without it for the right watch (almost did for the Exp. I). To the OP: if your friend loves the Mil, why not the DJII with the Oyster bracelet? Close enough, IMO, and I don't really like the orange.

[bfleischer]

Originally Posted by dannyp

I do like having it, but could do without it for the right watch (almost did for the Exp. I). To the OP: if your friend loves the Mil, why not the DJII with the Oyster bracelet? Close enough, IMO, and I don't really like the orange.

He actually hates the DJII . We are good buddies but we definitley have different tastes . He thinks it's to big and heavy etc etc . Me well let's just say
I really really want a DJ II with the Rhodium dial blue arabics .

[inLine4]

I can go either way.

[bfleischer]

Looks like its 50/50 so far or close to it. I am not gona lie I never find myself needing my watch for the date . Heck I dont even set it at the right date before I put it on but I see I may be in the minority lol.

Point is I guess me personally It's not a factor that would make me not purchase a watch if I liked everything about it other than it not having a date .

[bfleischer]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Must have the date for instant reading on the watch. I don't believe in fiddling/farting around with other technological items to tell me the date, when I can have it in a nano-second on my Rolex with the flick of my wrist.

JJ

JJ come on I know ROLEX doesnt make a phone but it takes two secs to pull it out of your pocket and see the date . You do have a cell phone don't you !!

[dannyp]

Originally Posted by inLine4

I can go either way.

That's what she said.

[PhilM]

Yes sometimes, but if the watch that I've got on hasn't got one then no

[Singslinger]

I guess if someone is paying thousands of dollars for a watch, he has a right to expect it to do everything he wants a watch to do.

Me, I can go either way.

[mikelprz]

If i spend several thousand dollars on a watch, it better have a date feature on it. hahaha
If not, I feel as if i'm getting ripped off. hahaha
As for the cyclops.. doesn't matter.. with or without is ok for me

[ayres]

despite my having owned several rolex models with dates, i have to say that ideally, i don't need one...

as for using my phone for the date... my instinct is to always look at my wrist for the date, as is the case with the time.

[esm]

I can see why some people need a date function on their watch - because they have no idea or can not remember which date it is, so they have to rely on their watch to tell them.

Now - a small probelm. If someone has no idea what date it is, how does he/she know when to advance to 1st of next month for those months with 30 days?

Anyway, I used to by watches with a date function, beacsue I though it was the right/normal thing to do. Now I have more than 2 non date function watch and the life still goes on - I'm in construction and owning my own business, so knowing the date is really important as I can disrupt the "critical path" ;-)

[aquasky]

Don't forget, without the date, it's such a breeze setting the time on the watch ;)

[Andad]

I need the GV date sticker.

[esm]

that is a fake sticker - thats not the Rolex font.... ;-p

[Bullyterrier]

Originally Posted by rippin

well, by this reasoning we don't even need watches, because phones and computers have the time as well, and probably are more accurate

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