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Originally Posted by Lubrifar
Great review and pics JJ! 
Do you have a hard time reading the dial at all regardless of the lighting condition? It doesn't appear so but just curious. Thanks. |
To answer your question, it is quite the contrary. The white dial EXPII in my opnion is one of the most readable dials in the Oyster line under ANY lighting conditions. I consider it to be more readable than my GMT I when both are in the same lighting conditions.
I can also see the time from a greater distance on my EXPII. I did an experiment to come up with this result:
I made both watches stand up and face me as I stood all the way across a room. The room is 12 feet by 12 feet.
EXPII: I can still make out orientation of the hands from all the way across the room and can give a pretty good guess at the time.
GMT: I cannot see the orientation of the hands as well. The hands look like they disappear into the dial looking at it from all the way across the room. I could not see the second hand moving AT ALL.
Conclusion: The Explorer II white dial is very readable, even from about 10 feet away in a room with one moderately bright ceiling light.
