Transitional Solutions: Six Watches with Gradient Dials

All of a sudden, they're everywhere - watches with colorful gradient dials that transition from a pale hue in the center to a dark one at the periphery The new dial debuts in the smaller version of the Aquis, which is 39.5 mm in diameter and costs $2,050 as shown GIRARD-PERREGAUX LAUREATO ABSOLUTE CHRONOGRAPHThe dials in the new Laureato Absolute collection shimmer blue in the center and almost black at the rim.

H MOSER & CIE ENDEAVOUR TOURBILLONMoser is a pioneer for dials with color gradients, which this manufacture in Schaffhausen describes as fumé.

GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL SIXTIESAfter an eye-catching green dial last year, the Glashütte brand - or more specifically its dial manufacturer in Pforzheim, Germany - now unveils the same tech-nique in orange TAG HEUER AUTAVIA ISOGRAPHA technical specialty ticks behind this new model's dial, which has a color gradient in blue, green, brown, dark gray or light gray MONTBLANC 1858 GEOSPHEREThe color gradient of the new 1858 models is most clearly visible in the 1858 Geosphere, which displays a second time zone on a subdial at 9 and also shows the Earth's 24 full-hour standard time zones for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Source