The query throughout and after a good week I get requested lots is ‘What’s the most well liked factor you’ve seen?’ and actually, answering that query is kind of a problem. There’s a lot information that it takes a little bit of time to digest all of it, even for us on the ‘inside’ of the trade. On day three, as an illustration, I can barely recall what I’ve seen on day on. One factor that stood out, although, was the continued push for gentle or ice blue dials. The color has been an enormous hit lately, and regardless of having stepped out of the limelight a bit bit final yr, it stays a tremendously common choice. Throughout Geneva Watch Week (Watches & Wonders, Time2Watches and so forth), we bought to see a good variety of very cool ones, from fairly easy and reasonably priced to advanced and really costly! With out going overboard on technicalities, right here’s a rundown of a number of the best gentle blue watches we noticed!
Czapek Antarctique Tourbillon
We kick issues off with one in all our favorite watches, now accessible with a tourbillon motion for the very first time. The Czapek Antarctique Tourbillon, because it’s known as, comes with a lightweight blue guilloché dial. The hand-applied sample is known as Singularité and lures you in with its visible “Black Gap” impact, giving it tons of depth and character. The ice-blue tone is simply pretty and serves up a pleasant distinction towards all the opposite seen parts.
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Rolex Land-Dweller 127336
The launch of the Land-Dweller by Rolex was probably the most talked-about launch of the honest, which has all to do with the all-new Calibre 7135, fitted with the patented Dynapulse escapement, however that’s not the main target right here. No, we go straight for the range-topping 127336, because of the unique pairing of platinum and ice-blue, a practice for The Crown. The color all the time works wonders, and right here, it’s given a honeycomb sample and wonderful satin end. Pretty!
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Grand Seiko spring drive ufa slgb001 “Shinshu Ice Forrest”
We stick to platinum and blue for the following one as we take a more in-depth have a look at the Grand Seiko Spring Drive UFA SLGB001. Not solely does this include an ultra-fine regulated Spring Drive motion, however extra over it additionally exhibits but once more Grand Seiko’s mastery of dial colors and textures. Impressed by the Shinshu Ice Forrest, it resembles the frosted tops of bushes close to the Shinshu Watch Studio throughout wintertime and is completed in a hanging gentle blue tone.
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Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Perpetual Calendar Morning Blue
We transfer to Parmigiani Fleurier and the Toric Perpetual Calendar Morning Blue subsequent, for very apparent causes. The Toric in itself is a really fashionable and refined providing, however this QP iteration takes it in a brand new route. The wonderful grenage texture is given a lightweight blue colored end, which isn’t solely discovered on the outer ring for the hour markers but in addition on the principle dial and the subdials for the coaxial perpetual calendar indications. Putting, contemporary and trendy!
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Krayon Anyday
The mechanical wonders of Krayon have all the time stood out for his or her ingenuity, but in addition for his or her expressive use of colors and textures. The most recent Anyday, which exhibits you the total month at a look, continues down that path. The middle dial is completed with the model’s Y-shaped emblem so as to add character, whereas the outer ring for the calendar show is given a lightweight blue tone for distinction. The look is delicate, refined, but very compelling, simply the way in which we like our watches!
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Patek Philippe quadruple complication 5308G
Patek Philippe gave us the extraordinary Quadruple Complication 5308G, which pairs a repeater mechanism with a rattrapante monopusher chronograph and perpetual calendar, set in a white gold case. Nonetheless spectacular the motion could also be, the dial is equally and equally beautiful and stunning. Not solely is the color new for Patek, however the Maison has additionally boldly mixed it with blue markers, frames and fingers! Say what you need in regards to the model, however this exhibits a refreshing contact of modernity!
We don’t have an in depth story in regards to the 5308G but, however it’ll come quickly! Within the meantime, right here’s a hyperlink to the 5308P in salmon.
Laurent Ferrier Basic Auto horizon
The Laurent Ferrier Basic Auto is among the best gown watches accessible, and for 2025 has been given a stunning celestial blue end and a becoming identify: Basic Auto Horizon. The dial has a wonderful vertical brushed end and is embellished with slender hour markers and a dark-blue crosshair which wraps across the date window. For a contact of distinction, the railway observe on the dial’s periphery is circularly brushed, whereas the recessed subdial for the small seconds has a snailed end.
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Hublot Large Bang Unico Water Blue Sapphire
The Large Bang by Hublot is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this yr, and an entire vary of fashions have been launched, various in supplies, colors and complexity. One of the hanging is the Water Blue Sapphire mannequin of the Large Bang Unico. The translucent gentle blue colored full sapphire case reveals the mechanics inside and is paired with a semi-translucent rubber strap, water blue crammed hour markers and fingers, and so forth.
We would not have a hyperlink so that you can discover out extra on this particular watch, however test this hyperlink for earlier iterations of the Large Bang Unico by Hublot.
Chopard Alpine Eagle Tourbillon
We’ve all the time been large followers of the iris-like dial of the Chopard Alpine Eagle, and this yr, the model has launched a surprising ice blue iteration for the Alpine Eagle Tourbillon. Set in a slender 8mm skinny Lucent Metal case, the dial has a definite sample that radiates from the center of the flying tourbillon escapement as a substitute of the centre of the dial. The hanging Rhône Blue color is offset with white gold markers and fingers, making for a really vivid and energetic watch within the gentle!
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Alpina Alpiner Excessive Automated 39mm
Coming again right down to a extra smart degree of watchmaking, Alpina joins in on the ice-blue enjoyable with its new Alpiner Excessive Automated 39mm. The sturdy four-part chrome steel case welcomes a cool ice-blue dial stamped with the model’s triangular emblem to create a way of depth and playfulness. Surrounded by a sloped minute ring in the identical color, the Alpiner Excessive Automated 39mm maybe seems higher than ever!
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Baltic Scalegraph Tour Auto 2025
Final however actually not least is the Scalegraph Tour Auto 2025 by Baltic, a compelling and comparatively reasonably priced mechanical chronograph devoted to the Tour Auto rally in France. For the 2025 version, it will get a mixture of colors, with gentle blue standing out as the principle tone on the dial. On the outer part, we see a darker shade of blue, which is matched by a blue bezel insert. There’s but extra blue to be discovered within the subdials and fingers, and all in all, it seems fairly yummy!
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