Question about 2012 Panomaticlunar dial / date disc color
The dial is a "warm silver" but came off as beige in the store. That was the first surprise. The date discs are pure white. This contrast is pretty noticeable, and completely different from the beauty shots posted by GO themselves. I even took the watch outside and took some pics (~3:30pm lighting). Less noticeable for sure, but it's there (see pictures below)
The watch is beautiful, but I have a couple of issues:
1) The warm silver comes across as beige. I fell in love with a white face in the beauty shots. Am I missing something...is there another dial face option I don't know about? Are my eyes fooling me because of the light? Or is this a case of GO manipulating the photography?
2) The color contrast with the date disc is just off (you can see this clearly with the indoor shots). It almost looks like an oversight by GO. I think it would be much better if there either was no difference in color, or just a big difference in colors (e.g. black and white, or white and dark blue, etc). As it stands, the difference is just enough to look off and not enough to look striking.
Any owners or fans of the 2012 PanomaticLunar have thoughts on this? I'm actually quite bummed after seeing the watch and am questioning whether to buy.
Thanks.
Kong took an indoor photo recently . . .
There is a difference between the color of the dial and the date disc background. The materials used respectively are inherently different. Whether the effect produced is objectionable or not would be a matter of personal judgement.
I think I understand your point, and it is well taken. My perspective isn't the same, but what matters is yours. I don't think anyone would suggest acquiring a watch which was deemed flawed in a fundamental sense by the potential owner.
Cordially,
Art
obviously its all subjective to the wearer, but.....
Thanks for the thoughts
I was in the same boat
That's what I call an encomium . . .
Qualifying statement
No joke, I am astounded by the current precision of my PML!
I should, however, further elaborate on my previous post. Upon reflection, a more accurate statement would be that the watch has gained only about 2 seconds over a period of 5 weeks--rather than a gain of 2 seconds over 2 months that I mentioned earlier. This is not much of a difference in the big picture, but I feel like I should give full disclosure--it's just my nature as an attorney to be completely upfront (this obviously does not apply to all lawyers, but I digress...).
Anyway, when I first got the watch, I rotated the watch about 800 times--counterclockwise. (Glashutte's official website in the FAQs section mentions that if put on a winder, GO watches should be wound between 800 and 1000 times; also, most GO watches only wind when rotated CCW.) I don't have a winder so I physically rotated the watch; this gave me some time to become more acquainted with my elegant timepiece (my wife says I care for the "darn" watch more than I care for her 
Also, I NEVER shake the watch to wind it.
Within the first three weeks, the watch would gain about 1 second per day. Then the gain tapered off and became squarely aligned with the seconds on time.gov. I readjusted the time at three weeks and it has only gained about 2 seconds since then, which was five weeks ago. That's the complete picture.
As you may already know, all mechanical watches need a period for the spring to adjust to the tension--especially when bought new or if it's been sitting around for a significant length of time. For a new watch, this adjustment period is about 3 to 5 weeks. So if your newly bought automatic is not so accurate in the beginning, just give it some time to find its sweet spot.
Cheers!
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ah...a kindred spirit
I know exactly what you mean about the different
dial appearances based on lighting. I have a white metal panomatic lunar XL discontinued model, which I did buy online, and I thought I was getting a watch with a white dial based on the pictures, although the description did say the dial was silver. The dial was indeed silver, which looked quite different than the pictures. I thought the silver dial looked just as good, and I like the fact that the dial can look so different in different lighting conditions, as stated by others. This dial does not have any beige color in any light like you describe with the new panomatic lunar. I think you should love just about everything about a watch like this when considering buying it, so if the dial isn't right I would pass. It may grow on you but it would suck to find out you still don't like it after having it for 6-12 months. Whatever decision you make is the right one
Stewart
