I had earlier mentioned this in passing in one of my comments on Rolex as to why I am no longer a Rollie owner for the last decade.
The Rolex of those earlier years were to me, far more attractive having complications like triple dates and moonphases. Those designs will always be classics. These were models in addition to the simple time only.
Obviously with technological advancement in manufacturing techniques resulting in higher quality materials and more accurate tolerances, accuracy and quality of the watches nowadays may be superior but dial and movement design wise, those were the golden years of Rolex.
Whilst I harbor the same wishes as you do, I'm quite certain Rolex is very unlikely to revert to those complications as they are far too contented with their time only, GMT, day-date and chrono. Why rock the boat based on their simple base movements when sales go through the roof every year. Change a bezel or dial colour, introduce a new material and loyalist will be thankful and short term demand will spike...till the next 'upgrade'
Incidentally its far far harder to achieve chronometer accuracy when complications like triple date, moonphase, etc are added on due to the heavier demand on gear train and mainspring barrel.
Added to this, Rolex has always been touting its 'Superlative Chronometer' label although many other 'normal' chronometers or even non-certified chronometers can be as accurate, if not even more so. By adopting complications, they may very well not be able to live up to the 'Superlative Chronometer' label.
