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Question for folks who live in non-English speaking countries: do you guys wear watches with calendars in English?

Last time I was in a mall in Mexico City, I asked a guy behind the counter of some store if they had any watches that had either the months or days of week in Spanish... surprisingly, the answer was no. English only.

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Weird. My Seiko 5 automatic (about $150, probably one of the cheapest self-winding mechanical watches) has the days of the week in English, Spanish, and French. Weirdly, (but I suppose it makes sense if you think about how the gears work), if you look at the watch at an odd time (like say 3am) it is showing the day in one of the two non-selected languages.

You can get German versions for most Swiss and German watches I believe.

For instance: https://thewatchguy.de/watch/18039-day-date-the-german-tropi...

It's a matter of replacing a dial: https://jmpwatches.com/products/rolex-datum-tages-scheiben-d...

My Seiko SNK807, Seiko SKX009, and Tissot Visodate all have an English/Spanish date wheel. I believe JDM Seiko watches have a Japanese/English date wheel.

My other three watches (Hamilton, Tudor, Rolex) are simple three-handers with no other complications.

I have a Champion watch that (inexplicably) has days marked in English and Portuguese. It was purchased in Sweden.

I'm in Germany, my watch originally came in German + English, but when the clockwork had to be replaced recently, the replacement was only available in Italian + English.

Same thing in Russia, only the old Soviet-era watches have calendars in Russian.

I have a cheap Casio watch that has both Spanish and English days

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