I recently bought Mrs. S one of these

She loves it and it’s worked fine. However, today, instead of showing 1 in the date window, it shows 32. The date “wheel” goes up to 36. Does anybody know why this is?

Mayan calendar?

Fake?

Did you buy it from a bloke in a transit van?

They all do it, goes up to 36 on some 40 and 00 on others. No idea why.

mattmbk – by all do you mean all Mondaines?

And no it’s not a fake. Cheeky sods!

I was furious when on the 1st of the month mine turned 32 for the first time. Seething with rage. Now I just get over it.

If you really want to upset yourself, you should open up the back and see whats in the back of your new Mondaine watch.

Still love mine…but they are 20pence chinese quartz watches.

It’s how the Swiss get their trains to always run on time – they just insert extra days into the month as necessary.

Have you inadvertently been transported into another dimension?

Lovely watch BTW

Is it because of the number of teeth on the gear that drives the date it’s more convenient to split into 32 sectors rather than 31?

Or perhaps it’s future proofed incase we go to a 11 month year with 352 days in it?

Yes, the 2 Mondaines I’ve had went to 36 and when I questioned it that was the answer I got but no explanation other than “simple classic Swiss movement, manual adjust’ etc etc.

You’ve broken time. We’re all doomed. Oh well.

If you really want to upset yourself, you should open up the back and see whats in the back of your new Mondaine watch.
Still love mine…but they are 20pence chinese quartz watches.

Sadly true 🙁

Lolz.. it’s just so much better than.. well.. than .. you know.. better. So what if it doesn’t know how many days there are in a week.. that’s just part of the charm of a real proper actual honest REAL watch.

Hehehe..

That watch does look rather nice though I must admit. If only that was how watches were marketed.

The 32nd, really ? The 32nd???

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Mine does that, no idea why, it just does, I don’t loose too much sleep over it.

Don’t the french have a saying “on the 36th of the month”, as in “I’ll do it on the 36th”, meaning “at about the same time as pigs sprout wings and fly”?

I think some of you are too generous. If a watch of mine had 32 days ‘because it’s easier to make’ it would be back to the shop. I mean, it’s easier to make a watch that doesn’t tell the time, but that’s what you expect a watch to do. Isn’t it?

Crikey, how many different variations of the same watch is it possible to make!
If yours is this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mondaine-Ladies-Stainless-standard-length/dp/B002LZUB6U/ref=sr_1_47?s=watch&ie=UTF8&qid=1359724300&sr=1-47
It says it’s a Swiss quartz movement, so I guess the really cheap ones have the Chinese movement.
I’ve got one of these:

It happily went from 31 to 1, and it doesn’t need a battery. After getting the tool from Maplins, and tweaking it several times, a month after the last adjustment it’s about a second out, which I’m pretty pleased with. 😀
I do like the look of those Mondaines, lovely clear face, and easy to read. I hate over-complicated watches.

I’ve got the automatic version for my last birthday. Love the understated Bauhaus look. I even love the way it’s not very accurate! Mine only has 31 days though – I feel cheated.

I’ve got an automatic too… only 31 days in my months 🙂