Absolutely. Casio make some tremendous bang for the buck watches that are worth collecting. I’m personally looking to get an Oceanus. Again, a tremendous value for what you get.

I question the premise. Do MOST people really dislike the date? Or, do you just make a note of those complaints that you read and hear? I’d argue that MOST people like having a date, but don’t go out of their way to say it.

The practice of “strategic resting” to compensate for positional variance is common – especially with Japanese movements. I do the same with an older Orient and can go weeks without adjustment.

The question about a COSC movement doesn’t make sense to me. If the watch is running within COSC specs, why would you break that so you could then compensate for it??? This seems ridiculous.