searching for watch WITHOUT a date window

Question

I'm searching for a watch and whereas I can add the feature of a date window ... how do I search for a watch WITHOUT a date window. In my DOS days this type of search had a name!

eburtonlab · Answer

Although there is a filter for finding watches with a date feature, there is not one to find watches without one, specifically.

You may be able to eliminate some of those from your search by excluding the word date from your keywords, by preceding that keyword with a minus sign, but that may not work perfectly; it may exclude listings that use the keyword in other contexts. Excluding a keyword has other side effects such as preventing any other keyword substitutions, so take care when using that technique.

A possible starting point for such a search:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/31387/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=watch+-date&LH_TitleDesc=0&Movement=Mechanical%2520%2528Automatic%2529%7CMechanical%2520%2528Manual%2529&_dcat=31387