Blue Hands: A Collector's Photo Showcase

Horolographer · 2008-03-27T20:29:17Z

Explore a stunning collection of watches featuring elegant blued hands. See examples from Grand Seiko, Nomos, Credor, Minerva, and more.

Horolographer's post invites the community to share images of watches featuring blued hands, celebrating a classic aesthetic detail. This thread showcases a diverse array of timepieces from various brands, highlighting how blued hands enhance legibility and add a touch of elegance to different watch styles. It serves as a visual appreciation of this traditional finishing technique.

Somehow I find blue handed watches a draw and recently I got a chance to photograph a Grand Seiko Limited Edition (identical to SteveG's found at his wonderful site). Hope people here can share their images as well.

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Many collectors share a strong preference for blue hands, often featuring them prominently in their collections, even for pieces they no longer own.
The thread features a wide variety of watches with blued hands, including models from Credor, Minerva, Seiko, Parmigiani, Grand Seiko, Audemars Piguet, Glashütte Original, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Ulysse Nardin, Daniel Roth, A. Lange & Söhne, Cartier, and Blancpain.
Blued hands are a common feature across many luxury brands, appearing on diverse complications and case styles, from chronographs to perpetual calendars.
The aesthetic appeal of blued hands is evident across different watch types, from dress watches to sports models, demonstrating their versatility.
Some watches feature blued hands that are subtle and may require specific lighting to fully appreciate their color.

The Discussion

AnthonyTsai

Mar 27, 2008

here are 3 watches

Roger Dubuis Bi-Retrograde Calendar Do purple hands count? Chronoswiss Chronoscope in SS Painted blue hands count too? Panerai PAM246 1/8th sec foudroyante

Chris H

Mar 27, 2008

This one resonates with me!

lagauvulin16

Mar 27, 2008

Love the blue hands....

Here are a couple of mine, small blue ones. Excuse my poor photography skills....

cazalea

Mar 27, 2008

OY, that's the watch for me! I guess I have a thing for blue-handed watches

Thanks for the subject Here are a few more blue-handed ones (can you allow the clock?) Mike Credor Moon Spring Drive Minerva Seiko Parmigiani Grand Seiko Credor Seiko Laurel 2 0f 3 aint bad Atmos Reverso This message has been edited by cazalea on 2008-03-27 22:14:57 This message has been edited by cazalea on 2008-03-27 22:20:30

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Mar 28, 2008

A few pictures of the same watch ...

Perhaps there will be more blued hands for me in the future? Edwin

DonCorson

Mar 28, 2008

Blue hands, I love them...

Nr.1 Blued steel hands on a bleached silver dial Nr.2 Blued steel hands on a Bali mother-of-pearl dial Don

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