Any watch lover who’s tuned in to social media over the past few months knows that the color of the year, at least horologically speaking, is green in all its various iterations—forest, mint and olive, to name a few.
“We love seeing makers experiment with style and color,” says Asher Rapkin, co-founder of Collective Horology, a community of enthusiasts based in California.
There are plenty of theories to explain the industry’s collective embrace of green stuck indoors, we’re all craving anything that reminds us of nature.
Among Rolex lovers, however, one argument is especially compelling: “The huge number of watches with green dials we’re now seeing is due at least partially to the success Rolex has had with green models in the past,” says Paul Altieri, founder of Bob’s Watches, the popular online marketplace for secondhand Rolexes.
The piece, which belongs to a capsule collection of three models in gem-set 36 mm stainless steel cases, is equipped with Breitling Caliber 10, a COSC-certified chronometer with a power reserve of approximately 42 hours.
Fans of Glashütte Original will recognize the PanoMaticLunar’s handcrafted dial with its off-center hour and minute hands, prominent small second display, and signature Panorama Date display at 4 o’clock.
For the 90th anniversary of its iconic Reverso model, Jaeger-LeCoultre pays homage to the colored dials that were a house staple in the 1930s.
Housed in a 44 mm case made of a unique 18-karat gold alloy, dubbed “Lime Gold,” the $50,000 piece features a distinctive gold-colored dial with contrasting green elements and comes on a matching vintage green nubuck calf strap.
5711/1A could not get any more intense, Patek Philippe introduces this $34,893 steel version with an olive green sunburst dial, and proves that yes, yes it can.
New to Speake-Marin’s Openworked collection is the Dual Time Mint with retrograde date.
The Monaco Calibre Heuer 02 with the electric green face made its debut at the end of April, on the occasion of the prestigious Grand Prix de Monaco Historique.