It was Rolex that likely made the “day-date” watch famous. Able to show the day of the week (completely) spelled out in its own window a long with the date. These are the two most important pieces of calendar information that most business people need on an “at a glance” basis. Since then, tons of other watch makers have developed their own day-date models. The most popular mechanical movement to feature these indicator is the Swiss ETA 2836-2. However, most of the time the day of the week is abbreviated into three letters, and is placed right next to the date at the 3 o’clock position on the watch face.

Watch maker Paul Picot decided to get a big creative with the ETA 2836-2 movement. It increased the day of the week disc size to allow for the entire day of the week spelled out on it (here in Italian). Not only that, but Paul Picot has color coded each day by giving it a different color. Hoping that it will make reading the watch easier… as well as making days like Friday more “red.” The name of the watch “Arc-en-Ciel” actually means rainbow in French (so why are the days of the week in Italian?) – not sure if an English day version is available.

The Paul Picot Gentleman Arc-en-Ciel watch is available in a white or black colored dial (with matching crocodile strap in brown or black). The steel case is 42mm wide and has a sapphire crystal. The dial design is modern and classic at the same time. On the white dialed version I like the blued steel hour markers. Paul Picot places a curved plated with the “Gentleman” name to help preserve symmetry on the watch. Price for the timepieces will be about $2,450.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.