The days when watchmakers insisted on seeing things in monochrome seem to be over.
Color watches?
For a long time this idea seemed baroque, even ridiculous.
In his
Theory of Colors,
in 1810, Goethe already estimated that
"a color that no one looks at does not exist!"
Here is now the philosopher served by a fashion for the colors of the time, whose success is growing.
It will no doubt have taken the initiative of Swatch, born forty years ago, to wake up the “needle”
watch sector
by bringing out other hues on the wrist.
In recent seasons, in fact, the vogue for colored dials has taken hold.
First wisely, playing on shades of gray and blue.
Then, a little more daring, with dark greens or deep reds.
An art that the independent Swiss house Oris practices wonderfully, especially with its Divers Sixty-Five.
In less than ten years, the palette has exploded, ranging from pearly or tangy pastels to the warmest colours…
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