Touched, by the hands of Blue...

Aug 16, 2014,12:09 PM
 

A while back a kind fellow Purists posted a picture of the blue hands on his beautiful Glashutte Original Navigator Perpetual Calendar which prompted me to dig thru my pieces for the blue hands.   Little do I know that it's actually not easy to capture the colour but I'll try here, over the course of next few weeks, to share them here.   Please do feel free to join in...











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Love blue hands!

 
 By: blomman Mr Blue : August 16th, 2014-13:32
Two great examples! :) Thank you for sharing. Best Blomman

nt

 
 By: BCHH : August 16th, 2014-13:37
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THanks for showing us this watch...

 
 By: patrick_y : August 16th, 2014-14:24
That's actually a very nice dial design as a whole, especially with the blued hands. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks

 
 By: BCHH : August 17th, 2014-13:25
Thank you Patrick_y. The watch is a Celadon Imperial. 100 pieces were made in 2013. Half of them were in this cream shade, the other half in red. A portion of these had hand-engraved gold balance and escape cocks installed in them. shot of the movement wi...  

Thanks for jogging my memory!

 
 By: patrick_y : August 18th, 2014-11:44
I recall them now! Nice watches!

Thanks!

 
 By: BCHH : August 18th, 2014-13:22
How did you learn of these watches, out of curiosity?

I can't remember...

 
 By: patrick_y : August 18th, 2014-13:42
Maybe I saw them here on PuristSPro before or on another watch magazine. Can't recall. But it's definitely not the first time I've seen that watch.

Nice pics! [nt]

 
 By: Dave G : August 16th, 2014-17:37

By coincidence, this is my watch for week 33.

 
 By: SteveW : August 17th, 2014-02:11
Original model Nomos Orion from about 10 years ago. Besides the hands I love the eggshell dial, which in some lights appears indistinct or smoky. My only other watch with (outline) blue hands: ...  

Blue hands . . .

 
 By: Dr No : August 18th, 2014-18:00
. . . galore . . . ...  

Great!

 
 By: massi. : August 19th, 2014-07:18
Switch from blue to black is really a matter of a few degrees of tilt. Gorgeous Longines Lindbergh: the first watch I bought, and that after many years and several owners I have regained... Is a matter of love! Best, massi

my 2 cents

 
 By: Alex83 : August 20th, 2014-02:55
Hi, nice topic, I'll throw in some blued hands ! One intruder made it though... his disguise is quite obvious but looks good ;) ...  

Another Nomos

 
 By: jml_watches : August 20th, 2014-08:22
Hi Another Nomos with blued hands - albeit very minimal hands. Cheers JML ...