Throwback Sundays: Six Blue Dial watches

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Collectors seem to love blue watches Sure, they say “Green is the new Black”, but Blue remains close to our hearts So for today, we pick six blue watches

Blue, blue, my world is blue Blue is my world now I’m without you Gray, gray, my life is gray Cold is my heart since you went away

“L’amour est bleu” (English title: “Love Is Blue”) is a song whose music was composed by André Popp, and whose lyrics were written by Pierre Cour, in 1967.

Bryan Blackburn later wrote English-language lyrics for it.

This is by no means a “best of” compilation, but just a casual look at the watches we have reviewed that have blue dials Here it goes, in no particular order:

Breguet Marine Équation Marchante 5887

We start off with the Breguet Not only does the 5887 come with a beautiful blue dial with a central medallion with an engine turned motif of waves, but also with a rather rare Equation of Time complication fitted to the tourbillon movement.

The Breguet is available in rose gold and platinum, but only the platinum version is available with the blue dial and is priced at USD 230,400 Though this may sound expensive, our review article surveyed the competitive landscape, and concluded that this near quarter million US dollars is actually rather well priced Read the article to understand why

Vacheron Constantin Overseas Tourbillon

Moving on.

Next up is one of our favourites The Vacheron Overseas series was updated in 2016 with a line of sporty watches with a rich history from the 1970s by designer Jorg Hysek The series includes several blue dialed watches, from the time only to the chronograph which we love.

But it is the tourbillon which makes this list

Why the tourbillon? Well, we particularly like the juxtaposition of a sporty watch in stainless steel, in a bracelet (which incidentally can be easily exchanged with the included bands by the ingenious VC system) and a respectable water resistant rating of 50m with the rather fragile high complication of the tourbillon But enough of the tech stuff.

The dial is truly mesmerising And the opening to showcase the Malteze Cross styled tourbillon cage is beyond words as one gazes lovingly on it…forgetting all else.

The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Tourbillon in stainless steel retails for S$ 159,000, a typical price for a tourbillon watch today.

A Lange & Söhne Saxonia Thin in Copper Blue

The list is not complete without Lange, and from the list of their blue dialed watches, recently updated in 2017, we pick the Saxonia Thin in Copper Blue.

Again, the prima donna is the dial It shines magnificently and is made from goldstone, a man-made glass consisting of tiny crystals of copper dispersed within to create a glittering appearance In the Saxonia Thin, a thin layer of goldstone is coated onto the solid silver dial.

Though only the top layer is goldstone, the effect is still stunning Our photos offer a good glimpse of the the dial, but to fully appreciate its beauty, []

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