Some watch connoisseurs find date displays of any kind on a watch dial distracting, unnecessary, and disruptive to a harmonious design. Others not only appreciate them, but also want them to be as legible and prominent as possible. For the latter group, we?ve assembled this list.

BLANCPAIN VILLERET GRANDE DATE

The Villeret Grand Date is built upon the in-house Caliber 6950, an automatic movement with a 72-hour power reserve in two barrels, a silicon balance spring, and a big-date mechanism designed to shift instantly at midnight. Rose-gold, luminous-treated hands sweep over a silvered opaline dial, indicating the time on applied Roman numeral indexes. The two windows of the big date display at 6 o?clock are sunken down two levels from the main dial, which matches the ?double pomme? graduated design of the bezel. The 40-mm rose gold case?s fluted crown bears the same Blancpain logo as the counterweight on the seconds hand. Through the exhibition caseback, one can see the côtes de Genève decorations on the baseplate and the ?honeycomb? design on the rose-gold oscillating weight. Price: $21,300. Click here for more details.
Blancpain Villeret Grande Date

CARL F. BUCHERER HERITAGE BICOMPAX ANNUAL

Inspired by a 34-mm bicompax chronograph from 1956 that was discovered in the Lucerne-based brand?s archives, the Heritage Bicompax Annual combines an annual calendar with a chronograph, in a 41-mm case in either stainless steel or two-tone rose gold. The annual calend...