No doubt you'll feel an urge to reply to get a "last word". Feel free - I will not be commenting on this any further. Everyone is entitled to their views, but please consider the place and context.
This contributes nothing positive to the WatchProSite. Perhaps the mods can please consider reviewing the necessity of these particular posts and cleaning up this (otherwise very appropriate) condolences thread?
And as pointed out in an earlier comment, even better not to let your bank to do the conversion either (if an option, and deemed worth the effort). If you can access the FX markets directly, you can trade/convert at minimal bid-ask spreads and at effectively zero commissions. Of course, this is only
The underlying movement frequency is the same in both cases, being 5 hz or 36'000 bph, i.e. 10 beats or "half-rotations" per second, i.e. the escape wheel advances 10 times per second.
That leads to a redundant "ghost" position when using the crown, and that never seemed like an aesthetically (nor engineering-wise) pleasing solution. That said, having two dials would likely be the best option, if modifying the movement to remove the "date" position from the crown was not feasible.
I.e. Alpine Eagle with the LUC 1.96 movement. Preferably without date, but it wouldn't be a deal breaker if that's not possible (e.g. due to not being feasible to modify the movement).
And while have yet to see it in real life, in the videos available it looks better than in the pictures. The proportions also seem to work better than with the 'regular' Alpine Eagle.
That said, the dial shown - with double hour markers at 3, 6 and 9 - is correct for the white dial OP ref 116000. Which is also already discontinued. The current Rolex OP references (whether the 41mm ref 124300, or the 36mm ref 126000) indeed do not include a model with a plain white dial (as far as