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These smoky watch dials are hot
THE WATCH DIAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CANVAS FOR WATCHMAKERS TO SHOW WHAT THEY’RE
all about, whether that’s hand-painted nature scenes or a bank vault’s worth of diamonds. For a dial with plenty of character that’s still wearable everyday, however, we’re big fans of the “fumé” or smoky dial — sometimes called a gradient dial. These fade from colour to black, evoking the smoke of a cigar, the fading of light beneath the ocean surface, or the spectrum of a tree’s leaves. They also add visual richness to a watch dial without going overboard. These are a few of the freshest examples.
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