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Re: SMP date window?
In Response To: SMP date window? ()

: I have a SMP with a blue dial. Just wondering
: why Omega uses a black-on-white date with
: the blue dials & white-on-black on the
: blackface watches.

Actually, the blue dial, skeleton hand version of the modern SMP came out in 1993 -- five years before they introduced a black dial version. So the color schemes for the date windows were not thought out all at the same time.

Omega is good about trying to achieve a complex visual balance in their dial designs. So I can see where the white window would work better on the blue than on the black.

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