really good stuff! have not seen an article devoted to the iahh before.
i’m of two minds about it. rolex always select their approach to maximize scale. they know most consumers would prefer a quickset date over cycling through the hours to get to the right date. and they also want you to not be content with just an explorer or a sub, they want to give you a reason to also want the explorer ii or gmt 🙂
Adjusting a simple calendar with IAHH is indeed a chore. Thankfully, my Citizens either have QP or no date at all, so I only need to adjust my one 9F85.
Omega seemed to recognize this when they elected to make their cal. 8800 a quickset date.
Given Rolex pricing, all their calendars should be annual calendar, IMO.
Permit me a second comment: date adjustment need not be by IAHH, if a date correction pusher is provided. I seem to recall such a watch exists but not which.
really good stuff! have not seen an article devoted to the iahh before.
i’m of two minds about it. rolex always select their approach to maximize scale. they know most consumers would prefer a quickset date over cycling through the hours to get to the right date. and they also want you to not be content with just an explorer or a sub, they want to give you a reason to also want the explorer ii or gmt 🙂
Adjusting a simple calendar with IAHH is indeed a chore. Thankfully, my Citizens either have QP or no date at all, so I only need to adjust my one 9F85.
Omega seemed to recognize this when they elected to make their cal. 8800 a quickset date.
Given Rolex pricing, all their calendars should be annual calendar, IMO.
Permit me a second comment: date adjustment need not be by IAHH, if a date correction pusher is provided. I seem to recall such a watch exists but not which.