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[Angelo]

Can a manly watch have a red face, or is that hue bordering too closely to pink? I have to say, I'm all in on a gunmetal watch I found with a red dial and actually, in photos, the red looks pinkish when picking up the flash. I do like the watch enough that even if I drift away from manly into metrosexual, I'm still planning on wearing it! Details to follow, hopefully later this week. For now, it's a secret among us gals.

[jonnybardo]

Funny, Angelo.

I'd say this Helson Shark is pretty manly:

http://www.helsonwatch.com/shark-diver-45.php

(Look near the bottom of the page)

I owned the all-black with red dial Invicta Subaqua Specialty Reserve. Definitely manly, although I ended up liking the idea of a red dial more than the reality.

[herculodge]

I bought an Invicta Force Master with red dial. It looked great in photos but in person it looked pinkish. I sold it.

[Angelo]

I'm a little nervous about what Ulysses might have to say about a watch with a red dial. Did I mention that the subdials have yellow hands?

[Ulysses]

Red dials are OK. Most colours are fine, actually. Trouble is, most manufacturers don't have very good sense when it comes to using non-standard colours and almost invariably screw it up. Also note that various colours have varying degrees of rage-inducing qualities. I like blue because it is a beautiful and relaxing colour. I wouldn't mind red or yellow but these colours are proven to promote feelings of anger and/or anxiety. I wouldn't go so far as to consider them OK for daily wear unless there was some other "calming" factor at work. As something you stare at, even if only for brief moments, I think such bright colours would start to stress me out. Green is good too, for a dress watch. It's starting to become more popular.

[Angelo]

It's interesting----because marketing research shows that for many grocery store items (particularly detergents), red is a color that people are drawn to for impulse purchases or if not impulse----purchases where there is a wide range of choices. Tide is probably the most popular detergent and they use a bright red color.

[Angelo]

Slightly off topic, but still a discussion revolving around our manhood----has anyone else seen the Robin Thicke Blurred Lines videos on You Tube? There's a regular version (girls wearing their clothes) and an "unrated" version (same girls without clothes). Holy cow----I should have been a singer!