Found on divers as it's good for viewing underwater. From memory I think I read somewhere that it's the last colour to fade from view for the human eye as you descend to the depths.

 

Found on divers as it's good for viewing underwater. From memory I think I read somewhere that it's the last colour to fade from view for the human eye as you descend to the depths. View attachment 14437995

I agree with the orange being good for underwater. I know this is the silliest way to test it and may not be very scientific or even correct, but I had an orange Tissot T-Touch that I took on the Disneyland Finding Nemo (formerly Captain Nemo) submarine ride and it's dark and very blue. I was able to see the color very well. Other colors were gone.

 

simple, Halloween

 

Found on the internet.

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Found on the internet.
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So, how does THAT answer the OP's question?--as far as I can see, that's a good argument for yellow, NOT orange, with blue not as bad as one might expect.

 

Orange is a strong, intense color with many people loving it, and others not so much. As we speak I have an orange dial Seiko SNE-109 solar diver enroute to me . As I am happy that Hurricane Dorian will hopefully spare Florida the worst of its wrath, I am wearing my happy watch (and praying the whole of the East Coast gets a similar break):

 

Anything that steps outside the more “straight forward” black and blue will start to get a more polarizing effect it seems. Green is another. And the more outside the more specific the watch style. Not a lot of orange dressers.

For me I love orange divers, and the natural first stop is DOXA. I think the underlying marketing message is bogus...visibility of the dial at depth isn’t as important as contrast against the hands for legibility. And nothing beats the binary contrast of white against black. But it looks amazing and fits so perfectly into most environments where dive watches are used.

 

I'm on the same boat and ordered an orange Aevig Huldra v2 to celebrate it.

 

Hmm, looks like yellow is actually the better choice for an actual dive-to-the-depths colour, based on that chart. It certainly keeps its "integrity" better.

 

Orange ya glad ya clicked on this thread?

 

Relative uniqueness, great legibility with black hands, and a fun color!


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@Timefleas

It was in response to aussiehoudinis comment on orange being most legible

 

Same reason florescent orange is used for traffic cones. It gets people's attention.

 

Works for me../

 

Not quite an orange dial however it matches my carb-)

 

Because it's almost Autumn in the northern hemisphere where everything becomes pumpkin spice flavored.

 

Looks good to me.

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I think yankee express has cornered the market! What a great collection!

 

Why? I don't honestly know....

 

My understanding was that it was thought that an Orange dial and Black hands would provide better legibility at depth when Doxa were developing the SUB.
However, in reality a Black dial with White hands will provide the better legibility at depths as the water filters out colours according to frequency (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet) so Orange was one of the first colours to go.
That's why Black dials ultimately became the preferred choice for dive watches in order to maximise legibility.
Despite all of this Orange just looks great on a dive watch - as does the yellow on their Doxa Diving Star but the Black dialled Sharkhunter seemed to became the default choice for professional divers such as Jacques Cousteau.


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My understanding was that it was thought that an Orange dial and Black hands would provide better legibility at depth when Doxa were developing the SUB.
However, in reality a Black dial with White hands will provide the better legibility at depths as the water filters out colours according to frequency (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet) so Orange was one of the first colours to go.
That's why Black dials ultimately became the preferred choice for dive watches in order to maximise legibility.
Despite all of this Orange just looks great on a dive watch - as does the yellow on their Doxa Diving Star but the Black dialled Sharkhunter seemed to became the default choice for professional divers such as Jacques Cousteau.

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to your point on black dials with white hands- and some orange!

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For some reason I especially like when orange is contrasted with black on dials. I found it both sporty and classy.

 

I like the orange sunburst dial on my Nemo 😉

 

It's a bright, eye catching, beach time color.

 

It's a bright, eye catching, beach time color.
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Nice watch. I had thought of mine as being more yellow-ish.

And a real orange.....

 

I suppose the real reason is something to do with diving and visibility but I like the because they look good.

 

Until looking at this thread, I never realized how many brands produce an orange dial.

Very nice.

 

Because it's fun, adds some pop to an otherwise staid watch and adds a bit of uniqueness.

 

Big fan! Orange "Arnie"