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Re: I love the subtle changes to the blue dial!
In Response To: Re: I love the subtle changes to the blue dial! *NM* *PIC* ()

Yes, Rich, the Heuer dials are often more complex than they come across in photos.

The 1553 N dial is one that we discussed a bit towards the end of working on the Carrera table.

This one in particular is pretty chromatically sensitive to exposure to the sun - Heuer/their dial supplier seemed to have played around with small changes to pigments over time, because we see a fair bit of variation in the blue. On some of the dials, the blue fades to a gorgeous violet colour rather than a paler blue - I've seen both side by side and you'd almost swear they were different models.

The same thing happens to contemporary Monaco Cal 15s - Shaun posted a great comparison picture a couple of years ago:

The Carreras I've seen were a slightly paler violet than that, but the same sort of effect.

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