Hi Fabrizio,

Thank you ...... forgot about that aspect. Still, it might be worth that technical modification in order to turn the "purist crowd" into additional prospective buyers.

Cheers
Janos

: Hi Janos, with the foreword that I know very little of technical
: details, I've read and have been told that for chrono movements
: it is not the same as for 3-hand ones where you can simply
: "hide" the date window with a full dial.

: In fact the most common chrono movements (V7750 and its family,
: L5100 and its family) do run a serious risk of getting damaged
: if one changes the date manually (i.e. not by advancing the
: hands) in the "wrong" period, usually from 9.00 PM to
: 3.00 AM of the following day. Most user manuals take great care
: in recommeding that this be avoided in fact. It is safe to
: assume that the same would happen to cal. Heuer-03.

: Now, with no date window (and no 24 hr indicator on the dial) this
: may well happen by mistake - and boom, a damage is done that
: requires disassembling the movement etc.
: In fact in those rare cases where they've chosen to omit the date
: from the dial on a date or day-date chrono movement - e.g. the
: Sinn EZM1 "Bape" version opposed to the regular one -
: the watch manufacturer also physically removed the date wheel
: altogether.
: Which means a more invasive approach than simply swapping a dial in
: the assembly line I am afraid - still feasible of course, but
: not so simple.
: Cheers,
: Fabrizio