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what are members opinions on ivory/cream/off-white dials?
There is clearly a vast spectrum of colors/tones all put under the umbrella of "ivory" dials, from less than snow-white to beige to yellow tones.
My questions include:
Do you like watches with this color dial? Do you prefer more milky/creamy or more beige tones of "ivory" for a dial? (I do not care for the more yellowed end of ivory-ish dials)
Does the ivory dial work with white metal cases (steel/white gold/platinum) or is it better with rose/yellow gold cases?
Finally, show me examples of your personal watches with ivory-ish dials... I have found that lighting can completely change the appearance on photographs of such watches with these shades, to the point that the same watch can appear completely different and not at all like in person in multiple photographs.
Thanks for all you thoughts, and happy November.
Pantone pearled ivory color:
patek "ivory" dial:
meerschaum ivory pipe:
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what are members opinions on ivory/cream/off-white dials?
There is clearly a vast spectrum of colors/tones all put under the umbrella of "ivory" dials, from less than snow-white to beige to yellow tones. My questions include: Do you like watches with this color dial? Do you prefer more milky/creamy or more beige...
Very interesting topic and good point about the challenge of capturing true dial color, for unclear reasons.
This Panerai is what immediately came to mind when I read your post. ...
Great question!
I feel drawn to off white dials - particularly more so than silver dials. They have such a warmth to them! I gravitated towards the eggshell Heuer Carrera 3647S for this exact reason. Looking good for 60! ...
Not sure if opaline counts here…
but my BP Leman’s dial often appears off-white in certain light conditions which pairs nicely with the red gold case ...
Much classier and a lot more character
than a white dial even if the white dial is enamel.
ah, yes. your creamy explorer 2.
i was at a watch event 3 weeks ago with a vintage dealer who was selling one of these amongst about 20 other specimens. the dial and hands were pristine; the case was clearly re-polished. can you guess what he was asking for it? $30K USD. He had no takers...
I am a big fan of ivory and must say it works with every metal, but YG and Wg in particular.
The PP Ivory is superb. It has many shades depending on the light. I might even be wrong: Rose looks so well with Ivory, too. But in white gold, with a brown strap, it is best. Here is my favorite watch: ...
I love ivory/off white as it has warmth in it.
It depends on the watch and the overall look and dial indices etc, for example, The EXP II ivory is lovely, and I'd take it any day over white But I don't see myself preferring ivory over white zenith Daytona. Yello gold cases, like Pateks, ivory is alway...
This is an interesting topic, I don’t own one, but of I did it would be this.
I own an Explorer, sadly not this beauty! ...
