After a long, grey winter, there are few things more welcome than the pop of color that comes with spring. The soft colors of coral, sea-green, or lavender - colors we associate with Easter eggs and spring attire alike. Like a mood board for the coming months, they’re the quintessential hues of the season. 

Even our watches can reflect this palette. Sure, a sophisticated monotone, glossy black, or high-contrast white will always be great dial choices, or a more eclectic stone dial could be a conversation starter. Somewhere in the middle, an unexpected pastel dial color can be as fun as tailoring a watch to your exact outfit.

“When I help someone choose their first watch, I usually recommend a classic, versatile style, something they can wear any day, with any outfit, anywhere,” said Christopher Weiss, Watch Specialist at European Watch Company. “But once they start building a collection and get a second or third watch, they're often ready for something more fun.” 

No matter your price point or favorite brand, chances are there’s a pastel watch that will speak to you. Try these six examples on for size.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual 

Rolex broke free from tradition in 2020 by injecting the Oyster Perpetual line with color: brash yellows and oranges, greens and turquoises with the saturation turned up. Last year, the Oyster Perpetual grew its color palette in subtle ways. Lavender, beige, and “pistachio” are now part of the picture, and instead of shouting “sports watch,” they’re whispering gentle platitudes. Purists of Rolex’s most popular watch line may have once thought it anathema, like painting the Venus de Milo gold. But these softly colorful hues “highlighted many collectors’ desire for dials that pop,” said Weiss. “It helped turn a trend into something evergreen.” 

Omega Aqua Terra Shades

The natural rival to the Oyster Perpetual is Omega’s versatile Aqua Terra, which not only comes with 150 meters of water resistance and a co-axial movement but also a dizzying choice of colors, sizes, and strap options. Omega expanded this lineup in 2022 with the Aqua Terra Shades line, which feature Summer Blue, Shell Pink, Lavender, Bay Green, and Saffron dials, all beautifully rendered in sunburst patterns for extra depth. While they are on the smaller side, at 34 and 38mm, the colors are more than enough to catch one’s eye without being outlandish. 

Oris Divers Sixty-Five “Cotton Candy”

The aptly-named series brings a trio of pastel colors to the vaunted Divers Sixty-Five series, an ideal pairing especially with color-matched Perlon straps. None are overwhelming in their tones. The blue is the sharpest of the bunch, the green has blue and white undertones in its hue, and the pink works especially well on a steel bracelet. If you plan to put the Divers Sixty-Five through its 100-meter resistance, it helps to have a watch that feels at home among the coral reefs. “We have seen good results with pastel dials over the past few years,” says V.J. Geronimo, CEO of Oris Americas. “They can be polarizing at times…..you either love them or you don’t.” 

Nomos Club Campus

Nomos’s diverse lineup has always exemplified meticulous attention to detail, in-house movements, and a less-than-lofty price point—and the Club Campus embodies all of these values in what it describes on its website as “a watch without airs and graces.” Therefore, it’s a natural fit for an entire rainbow’s worth of hues, from an rosy pink to a dusky bluish-grey, plus peach, teal, lemon, and orange tones. There’s even a more intense deep pink, for those who want to lean a bit more adventurous. 

Patek Philippe Calatrava Refs. 6127G-010 and 7127G0-010

Patek Philippe introduced this pair of “couple’s watches” in Tokyo in 2020, leaning into the popularity of his-and-hers watches in the Japanese market. Both capture the essence of the Calatrava design perfectly, with baton markers and a center-seconds dial, and rendered in matching white gold cases that are separated only by size. The larger of the two—if one can call 36mm “large”—is in a light-blue lacquer dial, while the smaller, in a 31mm case, is in lilac. Both feature Patek Philippe’s smallest mechanical caliber, the manual-wind Caliber 215 PS. And either could be worn by anyone, regardless of gender or wrist size. At this level of horology, wearing a watch sometimes means throwing the rules and stereotypes out the window. “It's all about finding the perfect way to express the fun side of your personality!” said Weiss.

H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Concept Series

Avant-garde, wily, often tongue-in-cheek and never predictable, H. Moser & Cie. used its minimalist Endeavour line to showcase its skills in fumé dialwork. The Centre Seconds Concept Purple Enamel is the standout here, set in a deep Purple Haze with the brand’s distinct lack of a logo on the dial to get in the way of that beautiful, textured, three-dimensional and gradient-filled Grand Feu enameling.