For some reason I was looking at Nico's April 2013 review of the (now current) versions of the Master Date and Master Calendar. I had to chuckle at his understated observation that the previous version of the Master Calendar "did not go in the right direc...
If coupled to a date, I mean. It helps you to correctly set the date. I mean, to know if you are in the AM or PM zone. Let' say it is 8 PM. You want to set the date. But you don't remember if you set it correctly when you set the date. If you set the hour...
Yes I see your point. I suppose it might be useful in a complicated watch which is hard to reset. But I think that for watches with just a date and where the date can be set independently, it's easy enough to advance the time past midnight so you can set ...
... you need to consider the Master 8 days perpetual or the Reversos with the 8 day movement. All these are stunning in my eyes, with different level of complexity depending on how you like your dials (Grande date, moon, reserve, petite second,etc.). A 8 ...