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WG Day-Date blue vs. black dials
I'm thinking of buying my first white-gold Day-Date (228239) and am trying to choose between the black-dial version with stick indices and lumed hands and the (conventional, non-ombre) blue-dial version with roman numerals and non-lumen hands. For those who have seen these both in the metal, which do you prefer and why? My first thought was to go with the blue-dial version, in part because I have other black-dial watches. But I'm a bit concerned about its legibility in certain lights, particularly given the absence of lumed hands. Thanks for your thoughts!
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WG Day-Date blue vs. black dials
I'm thinking of buying my first white-gold Day-Date (228239) and am trying to choose between the black-dial version with stick indices and lumed hands and the (conventional, non-ombre) blue-dial version with roman numerals and non-lumen hands. For those w...
BLUE would be my choice
Like you said, you already have black dialed watches and for me black dials go with sports watches and not precious metal watches. The combination white gold with a blue dial goes exceptionally well, at least that is what my think. Good luck with your dec...
A sliver of lume on the hands is not effective enough...
I'd go with the classier look of the blue dial.
I’ve been looking at a lot of DD recently.
So I can feel your pain ! 😂 To me, romans make the dial so so busy, and in general I would always prefer sticks. I also tend to think, on almost any watch, that romans bring a more dated look to watch. But, in this specific case with that blue dial and wh...
My favourite 228239 is slightly different...
and it's almost in between what you have here. It's this: I can't really be sure that I like a Day-Date with zero lume. So this one strikes the balance for me—colour matched, essentially, has lume, and still a sunburst. Looks very cool in person, I think,...
thanks everyone!
By my tally, we have 6 votes for blue/romans and 5 for black/sticks. We also have two write-ins: one for the nice gray/stick version and another for a blue/stick combo, which sounds perfect for me, but which I think isn't an option in the current referenc...