Here's my take on the Day-Date:
It was probably the first watch that made gold on a heavy bracelet acceptable as a dress watch, before that there were still bracelets around, including some very nice gold mesh and brick ones on Omegas among others but it was a rare option, the Constellation was effectively a strapped watch with a bracelet option, and higher end pieces like the Calatrava were strap only for the most part (I've seen a period mesh on a calatrava, not sure if it was a factory option or not but it looks horrid).
The Day-Date as a complication is frankly one of the most pointless in my opinion, if you can't remember what day it is, you should never have been able to afford a quality watch in the first place. The date makes sense, as does the annual calendar complication (not because you forget the month, but because AC's keep the 30/31 day month change in check) throwing the day wheel on is probably just the cheapest way of adding a complication to make the watch look more impressive to justify its price tag.
The bracelet itself, is actually very good, its extremely comfortable, fits the contours of your wrist better than any other Rolex bracelet, and is fairly simple to size. The weight and heft of the bracelet balances the head perfectly, and keeps it sitting flat on the wrist as long as you don't have too much slack. The watch on bracelet looks "like" a bracelet, its a single block of gold on your wrist, small enough to still be subtle, but the bracelet is what really draws the eye from a distance.
Without that, the Day-Date looks all hat and no cowboy.
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