Explorer II 216570: Why did you change your mind AFTER you left the AD?

[Ruddiger]

Howdy,

Yes, its another color question and, yes, I've read all the posts and looked at all the pics in every thread I can find, but I'm stumped on the choice and need some help.

It seems that from time to time people pick one color and then quickly fall out of love with it, exchanging it for the other. What was the reason for the epiphany? Why did it happen? Was it because your opinion on the color changed once you were outside of the AD and in bright sunlight, a cloudy day, in normal lighting, etc? Some other reason? What caused it to lose its luster?

My concern is that once I'm in the real world my opinion will change. For example, under the bright display lights the Polar is a white watch, including the lume. But I was really surprised at how noticeable the blue lume became once I got out of the bright lights of the display and walked it over to another normally lit corner of the store. Suddenly the watch went from being white, black and orange to being white, black, orange and light blue. I wasn't expecting that. Interestingly, this was not the case with the black one since it lacked the contrast with the lume that the polar dial had.

Also, the gloss finish on the floating hands didn't really work with the semi-matte black dial under the lights, but was more effective in normal lighting. Another surprise.

Obviously both watches are great and I should be so lucky to own either of them. That said, why did you suddenly change your mind on the color after you wore the watch in the real world and interacted with the color outside of internet pictures and controlled settings?

Take care,

Ruddiger