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My blue steelfish was not blue
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Author:  Sirch [ Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:29 am ]
Post subject:  My blue steelfish was not blue
Hi all,

With good help from this forum I finally decided to buy a blue Superocean Steelfish. It was not on stoch at the AD but I ordered one. Today I was going to pick it up :D , but I was kind of shocked to see that the dial was not blue at all - it was rather greyish, I think. From all the pictures I have seen it did not look at all that way, and not like the blue dial you see on the Breitling webside either. I realise it would not be as brightly blue as the blue Superocean, but to my eyes there was no blue in the dial whatsoever.
One thing I found funny was that the watch was delivered the day after I ordered it (sent from Sweden to Denmark) which was peculiar as I have read about weeks or even months delivery time from other Breitling models.

In my disappointment I decided to go for the black dial instead (and I have to wait 4 weeks for this :cry: ). Now I wonder, if the model they showed me was a new "blue" 2010 model - or alternatively a model from an older year range with different colour tones? Comments from blue steelfish owners (or anyone who knows more) are very welcome!
Author:  Fiery [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My blue steelfish was not blue
AFAIK the Steelfish uses the same blue as on my Colt II Quartz. Which is a steel blue, and definitely not a vibrant blue, sea blue or deep blue. It's a bit grayish, not 100% blue, but it's definitely blue, it's not gray. I haven't seen the new Breitling blue shade, but if they call it blue, then it shouldn't be gray :?
Author:  rebel_1 [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:07 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My blue steelfish was not blue
I have an 08/09 blue SOS. The dial does change colors in different lighting. I think this is due to the swirls on the dial. I is most definitely blue. I also hear that the black dial looks dark blue under certain conditions.

Here is a link to a few pics.

http://steelfish.shutterfly.com/

R/
Author:  SteveF [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: My blue steelfish was not blue
If I am not mistaken guys the Blue in the Steelfish is called Cobalt Blue.....check out my posting where i recently sold one and maybe this will confirm one way or the other if we have consistancy.

IMO the Coblt Blue looks great. :lingsrock:
Author:  Axion [ Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: My blue steelfish was not blue
The black dial definitely looks blue in a lot of conditions due to the agressive AR coating on the exterior surface.
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