Do you prefer black or white dials?

[Daniel23456]

Fellas,

Most of the dials available from Rolex are black for the professional models.

Which one would you choose if all of them would be available with both black and white dials?

[Calatrava r]

I prefer white dials. My dream watch, which is not currently available, is a 36mm DJ, white stick dial, fluted bezel with Jubilee.

[lcs77]

Black for sure

[samson66]

Definitely black. You can NEVER go wrong with a black dial in any situation.

[Rollei35]

small dial like 36mm I go with silver or white, make it looks bigger.
big dial like 40mm I go with darker color, like black or blue, make it looks smaller.

[ppierce]

blue

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Daniel23456

Fellas,

Most of the dials available from Rolex are black for the professional models.

Which one would you choose if all of them would be available with both black and white dials?

The colour dial I wanted to own and wear and the so called professional models are made in other colours than black or white.

[jswing]

Originally Posted by Calatrava r

I prefer white dials. My dream watch, which is not currently available, is a 36mm DJ, white stick dial, fluted bezel with Jubilee.

That would be an instant buy for me. Well, as instant a buy as one can make with Rolex.

In general though, I guess I prefer black since I have multiple black dials and currently zero white dials.

[Driver8]

Black. Almost all my watches have black dials (with a couple of exceptions). Boring? Maybe. But black is how I like 'em!

[Kiloxray]

Since a meteorite GMT is out of my reach, I went with an Opaline Tudor GMT.

My other watch is a basic Air King - black dial obviously.

My next watch…. Azzuro blue DJ41 ha

[Smobews]

I really want to like the white dials, but I can not. The watch seems washed out with no contrast to the SS case. The only exception for me is the white face Daytona in SS. The black sub dials and the black ceramic bezel looks balanced with the white face.

[Roger Lococco]

Originally Posted by padi56

The colour dial I wanted to own and wear and the so called professional models are made in other colours than black or white.

Intriguing. What colors?

For me, I absolutely love blue dialed watches. I like white dials somewhat better than black dials. Green dials on some watches are nice too.

[4 Aussies]

Both belong in a collection!!

[travisb]

Black for the most part but I do enjoy many others including white, blue, green etc.

[Rolexken]

Dark dial for me so black for this thread. This is because it is much easier to read the time with my 65yo eyes.

[worldofoyster]

black is timeless

[piratfisk]

Between white & black, I'd lean towards black, as it is more legible & versatile. I do love the 5-digit polar Explorer II (casually looking for one with the 3186 movement), though. The only white-dialed watch I own is a SARB035 on a leather strap. It's a "dressier" watch, but I wear it maybe 4x/year.

[Michael1968]

Black

[ltmgeller]

I love white dials. I have them on my YM1 and YMII, Daydate, TOG, and explorer.

[m3tek44]

Black or blue. Have hard time reading white dial.

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[carwashchris]

Originally Posted by jswing

That would be an instant buy for me. Well, as instant a buy as one can make with Rolex.



In general though, I guess I prefer black since I have multiple black dials and currently zero white dials.

100 % agree

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[georgew]

for me it depends mostly on the watch. I prefer the white dial on the daytona (both my 116520 and 116523 have white). Wife's DJ looks better in white (again, for both of us - her preference). I had a "whitish" (ok light silver) dial YM that I sold - for the 116622 blue dial. But other sports watches are better in black (sub, GMT, explorer). again, personal preferences.

[Stan Cooper]

I have both black and white dials, but find black dials are easier to read for me. The contrast between white indices and hands, and black dials makes seeing the time at a glance easier than the poor contrast between lighter colored hands and white dials.

Same model Accutrons, one with a black dial and the other with a white dial.

Which is easier for you to read?

[INC]

Originally Posted by Daniel23456

Which one would you choose if all of them would be available with both black and white dials?

For MSPR? Both or Any.

[TNT009]

Black!

[Krash]

Yeah, I agree with others. Definitely black. But having at least one white or light color dial watch isn’t a bad idea.


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[996marty]

It would be black for me

[RRGHOST1]

White dials for me !

[BraveBold]

Black dials. More versatile overall.

[TickTockChuck]

Prefer black or blue dials on professional watches. Just look better imho. Cheers!