![]() The most alluring part, however, is the handmade urushi lacquer dials that grace nearly every model in the lineup. Mechanical models house Swiss calibers from La Joux-Perret. Most of its watches feature Citizen’s Eco-Drive or quartz movements, as is the case in the Grand Complication pictured above. To compensate for the “girly” purple dial, you even get a “super-manly” 48mm case! And here’s the “best” part: it’s available for a staggering 84% off its $695 retail price!Ĭampanola Grand Complication with purple hand-lacquered dialĬampanola, for those who are not familiar, is Citizen’s top-tier offshoot brand. At 43mm, though, at least that purple dial won’t go unnoticed.īut wait is 43mm not big enough? Want something not only bolder and more capable, but cheaper as well? Never fear, Invicta is here! The Sea Base with a purple abalone dial has 200m of water resistance and an automatic Seiko NH35A movement inside. With a quartz movement, mineral crystal, and 30m of water resistance, it doesn’t have any specs that I’d be eager to write home about. This is a watch you buy if you really just want something cheap and fun to flash around. So, if we use our favorite search engine to dig deeper, we will likely find the following.ĭo you have the desire for a modern purple-dialed watch, but you just don’t want to spend a lot on it? Well, the fashion watch world has your back! For less than €200, you could be the “proud” new owner of the Calvin Klein City. The vast majority of the purple dials seen on these “Rolex” watches are aftermarket versions, set within gaudy third-party-bling-job Datejusts. But don’t get your hopes up, at least if you’re into watches having original parts. Upon further inspection of the purple dial listings sorted by brand, Rolex takes the cake with 162 results. Purple ranks even lower than orange (by one, but still), and I bet you can name many more watches with orange dials than watches with purple ones. In the interest of keeping search terms as similar as possible, however, let’s roll with it. Many of the watches listed do not actually have yellow dials, but are made from yellow gold instead. Now, admittedly these search terms are not perfect, especially in the “yellow dial” category. As I write this, if I search the term “(color) dial,” here are the results I get: ![]() One needs simply to search Chrono24 to see that there is a distinct lack of options available. I hope you’ll agree that, if given a chance, purple has plenty of potential. Then, if I may be so bold, I will share some ideas that have been swirling around in this purple-plagued skull of mine. I’ll show you what you can expect, should you be on the lookout for that violet vixen of a watch. Today, I’d like to highlight the state of the purple dial watch market. In that time, I faced mostly uninspiring, unreliable, or unattainable choices. I say this because I have literally spent years searching for the perfect purple dial to add to my eclectic collection. Nevertheless, as a passionate purple proponent, I will be the first to proclaim that it deserves a larger place in the modern watch market. It may not typically be the “manliest” of colors, nor the most in-demand. “Who wants purple dials? Prince is gone (RIP), and Barney has been off the air for over a decade!” OK, I get it. But one color remains largely absent from the modern watch world: purple. I could even name a plethora of brown, red, yellow, and orange-dialed watches in a swath of price brackets right off the top of my head. We’ve seen so many green dials, you’d think a squadron of laughing leprechauns launched the world’s largest dye bomb into the very heart of Geneva. ![]() After all, in recent years, we’ve been thrown into an ocean of blue dials vaster than the Atlantic itself. It may not seem like it, but trust me, it’s true.
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