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14 watches with gray dials

Trendy watches in recent years were mainly blue and green. Now, a complete novelty: gray. Take a few minutes to check out some of today's most exciting gray watches and immerse yourself in the diversity of colors. It's time well spent.

Bell & Ross BR 05 Gray Steel

Stainless steel case, 40 mm diameter, water resistant to 100 meters; Caliber BR-CAL.321 with openwork wheel-shaped rotor (Sellita SW300-1), automatic, 38-hour power reserve; stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp. โ‚ฌ4,400 on rubber bracelet, โ‚ฌ4,900 on steel bracelet.

Armin Strom Tribute 1

Stainless steel, 38 mm diameter, waterproof to 50 meters; Hand-decorated manufacture caliber AMW21, manual winding, barrel integrated into the dial with white gold bridge, 100-hour power reserve; gray Alcantara calfskin strap with stainless steel folding clasp; limited to 25 pieces. โ‚ฌ15,600

Chopard Alpine Eagle

Stainless steel case, 41 mm diameter, water resistant to 100 meters; Manufacture caliber 01.01-C, automatic, chronometer, 60-hour power reserve; stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp. โ‚ฌ12,800

Watches have become significantly more colorful over the past decade. In 2010, luxury watches were still mainly achromatic โ€“ with white or black dials and silver steel cases, at most there was a red hand. But this situation quickly changed. Colorful dials and bracelets became more common, and materials like rubber invited designers to play with colors. In the second half of the decade, watches first became blue, and then more and more models appeared in green. These trends continue today. But in 2021, a completely different color has entered the spotlight: gray.

Longines Hydroconquest

Stainless steel, 41mm diameter, partially PVD coated, ceramic bezel insert, water resistant to 300 meters; Caliber L888.5 (ETA A31.L11), automatic, 72-hour power reserve; rubber strap with safety push-button folding clasp. โ‚ฌ1,800

Nomos Glashรผtte Club Campus 38 Absolute Gray

Stainless steel, 38.5 mm diameter, waterproof to 100 meters; case back can be engraved with up to 88 characters; Alpha caliber, manual winding, 43-hour power reserve; anthracite suede calfskin strap. โ‚ฌ1,650

Hublot Big Bang Integral Gray Ceramic

Ceramic case, 42 mm diameter, water resistant to 100 meters; Manufacture caliber HUB 1280, automatic, 72-hour power reserve; ceramic bracelet with titanium folding clasp. โ‚ฌ23,100

The surprise is that none of these gray watches look gray โ€” at least, not in the sense that people often associate gray โ€” dull, boring, or understated. These watches are different. They are entering a much more colorful and diverse watchmaking scene than ever. Today, all colors are conceivable, even for a luxury watch, both in terms of technical feasibility and public acceptance. A gray watch could just as easily be green, blue or red. In this context, the conscious choice of gray becomes a statement, and the effect is completely different from what it would have been in 2010.

Bulgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar

Titanium, 40 mm in diameter, 5.8 mm thick (the thinnest perpetual calendar in the world); Manufacture caliber BVL 305, automatic with micro-rotor, 60-hour power reserve; titanium bracelet with titanium folding clasp. โ‚ฌ59,000

Tutima Glashรผtte Flieger

Stainless steel, 41 mm diameter, waterproof to 100 meters; modified ETA 2836 automatic movement; Horween leather strap with pin buckle. โ‚ฌ1,650

Oris Big Crown Holstein Edition 2021

Stainless steel, 38 mm diameter, waterproof to 50 meters; back engraved with the bear Oris; Manufacture caliber 403, automatic, resistant to magnetic fields, 120-hour power reserve; gray leather strap with quick-change system; limited to 250 pieces. โ‚ฌ3,900

At the same time, gray is the antithesis to the world of colorful diversity. He invites his viewer to rest, to take a break and to take a moment of respite. Gray has another fascinating quality: it is not one-dimensional because not all grays are the same. On the one hand, this is due to the proportions of white and black, which make gray darker or lighter. On the other hand, some gray tones appear almost colorful because they change hue depending on the lighting, changing to green, blue, or brown.

Sinn 358 Sa Flieger DS

Stainless steel, 42 mm in diameter, waterproof to 100 meters, protected against low pressures by Ar-Dehumidifying technology; dial with decorative pattern made by hand; Sellita caliber SW500, automatic with chronograph function; textile bracelet with pin buckle. โ‚ฌ3,050

Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight 925

Silver case, bezel with aluminum insert, 39 mm diameter, water resistant to 200 meters; Manufacture caliber MT5400 with silicon balance spring, automatic, stopwatch, 70-hour power reserve; Taupe textile bracelet with silver band, pin buckle. โ‚ฌ4,300

Norqain Adventure Sport

Stainless steel case, bezel with ceramic insert, 42 mm diameter, water resistant to 100 meters; Caliber NN08 (SW 200-1), automatic, 38-hour power reserve; stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp. โ‚ฌ2,190

A. Lange & Sรถhne Odysseus

White gold case, 40.5 mm in diameter, water resistant to 120 meters; Manufacture caliber L155.1, automatic, 50-hour power reserve; rubber strap with pin buckle. โ‚ฌ43,500

Seiko Prospex 1970 Diver's Modern Re-interpretation SPB237

Stainless steel case, 42.7 mm diameter, water resistant to 200 meters; Manufacture caliber 6R35, automatic, 70-hour power reserve; polyester strap with pin buckle. โ‚ฌ1,300

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