The Best Blue Dial Watches At Every Price Point

Watch fads come and watch fads go, but the classics are classics for a reason. And in the world of watches, it doesn’t get any more classic than a blue dial watch. The best blue dial watches for men work in virtually every situation, as they go with pretty much everything and have an almost uncanny ability to elevate any outfit. From James Bond rocking an Omega Seamaster Diver with a tuxedo to Steve McQueen donning a Heuer Monaco with his racing suit in Le Mans, you just can’t go wrong with a blue dial watch.

We’ve put together a list of the best blue dial watches currently on the market at a wide range of price levels, from a sub-$200 quartz Timex up to a near-$30,000 icon from Audemars Piguet. In between, you’ll find dive watches, pilot’s watches, chronographs, dress watches, everyday watches, and a few watches that defy easy categorization. From the ultra-modern to the vintage-inspired, from Swiss heritage houses to nascent microbrands, we’ve rounded up an eclectic and stunning collection of blue-dial watches for your perusal. So start feeling blue (in a good way) and have a look at our picks for the best blue dial watches for men below.

Timex Q Timex Reissue Falcon Eye

Best Budget: Timex’s original Q Timex Reissue was a killer ‘70s-style sports watch with a 12-hour Pepsi bezel and retro woven stainless steel bracelet. For the follow-up, Timex dug further into its archives for this gem, a dressy and wholly unique quartz watch with even funkier ‘70s vibes. Setting this one apart are the classy applied indices, the two-tone angular case, and most striking, the wavy textured bright blue dial that looks like a work of art.

Autodromo Group B Rallysport Chronograph S4

Best Auto-Inspired: Few brands lean into their automobile-inspired foundation like Autodromo, whose Group B Rallysport is among the most popular with classic car enthusiasts. Featuring an increased 40mm case made from both titanium and stainless steel, this Hodinkee-exclusive brings a triple-register chronograph movement (a Swiss-made Sellita SW 510 M B) to the range, with this particular reference taking after the livery on the ’80s-era Lancia Delta S4 rally car with a dial that’s white and navy blue, ticking by with cyan hands.

Christopher Ward C65 Super Compressor

Best Microbrand: Over the past couple of years, Christopher Ward has shed their microbrand label to become a full-blown luxury watch powerhouse. Helping to speed along that transformation has been an increasing number of tremendous new releases like this watch. The first true super compressor diver in 50 years, according to CW, the C65 Super Compressor boasts a compression spring just 300 microns thick that makes the watch more water-resistant the deeper you dive (to a point). And it’s even visible through the caseback — a first for any super compressor.

Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight Blue

Editor’s Pick: The Black Bay line has become such a smash hit for Tudor that its various incarnations have almost completely taken over the Swiss heritage brand. From the “Baytona” Black Bay Chronograph to the modern and stealthy Black Bay Ceramic to the surprisingly fancy BB58 18K gold watch, there is a Black Bay for every taste. But the most perfect expression of the line has to be this. Combining the classic proportions of the BB58 with a versatile blue dial and less obvious vintage cues, the BB58 Blue may just be the most ideal everyday dive watch on the market.

IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XX

Best Pilot: Last year, Swiss luxury watch brand IWC updated its Pilot’s Watch line for the first time since 2016 with the Mark XX. The series started with commissioned watches for the British Ministry of Defense after World War II with the Mark IX and has since been a fan favorite. With the new edition, IWC upped the depth rating to 100m and gave it a manufactured caliber 32111 automatic movement within the 40mm stainless steel case. You simply can’t go wrong with these entry-level models, thanks to their near-perfect proportions and symmetry.

Omega Seamaster Diver 300M

Best Diver: If you’re a James Bond fan and you hear the words “blue dial watch,” this is the timepiece that probably pops into your head. Pierce Brosnan wore the ancestor of this Seamaster Diver in 1995’s Goldeneye, and the blue beauty has been affectionately known as the “Bond Seamaster” ever since. The latest version is updated with ceramic and a Master Chronometer co-axial movement, but it maintains all of the classic hallmarks of the original: the wavy blue dial, the scalloped bezel, the skeletonized sword hands, the “tank tread” bracelet, and the quirky helium escape valve crown at 10 o’clock.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak “Jumbo” Extra-Thin

Best Grail: For some time, the King of Blue Watch Mountain was the Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711. But now that the absurdly popular blue dial Patek has been discontinued, a new king has been crowned. The “Jumbo” Extra-Thin Royal Oak is the most faithful of AP’s current catalog to the original Royal Oak that invented the luxury steel sports watch segment back in 1972, and it is absurdly popular with the blue Tapisserie dial. If you’re looking to make a statement with a luxury watch on your wrist, this is about as good as it gets… if you can’t find one for sale, that is.

Tissot PRX Powermatic 80

Back in 2021, Tissot brought back the PRX, its popular luxury sports watch from the ’70s. Featuring a 40mm 316L stainless steel case, the automatic timepiece has a see-through caseback showcasing the Powermatic 80 movement, a vintage-inspired Tonneau shape, and the appearance of an integrated bracelet. But what’s most impressive here is the price tag. A watch with this sort of perceived value is usually much more expensive, but you can grab this fantastic blue-dial reference for under $700.

Farer Lomond

British microbrand Farer is the king of color, and they make a lot of fetching blue watches. Among our favorite options is the Lomond, part of the brand’s automatic field watch line. Featuring a date-by-pointer outer ring with a red date hand, the watch’s Swiss-made Sellita SW221-1 movement is a standard automatic with a hacking seconds function for more efficient time setting, but like most Farers, it’s the color combos that really make this timepiece special. A dark navy blue matte dial and outer ring mix with off-white hour markers and hands that come in brightly-lumed beige hands.

Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 53 Compression

Zodiac’s Sea Wolf line is full of colorful watches, with bright oranges and neon greens and dreamy aquamarines. There have also been a number of blue Sea Wolves, and this reference in particular really stands out for lovers of the coolest color. That’s because it combines a sky blue mineral crystal bezel with a dark blue dial, offering up two striking blues that complement each other wonderfully. Plus, you’re getting 200m water resistance, an excellent jubilee bracelet, and a Swiss-made automatic movement.

NOMOS Club automatic date siren blue

Part of NOMOS’s casual and sporty Club collection, the Automatic Date blends robust sporting capability (it has an impressive 200m water resistance) with excellent finishing and looks that can be dressed up or down. Available in a number of different colors, including a lovely dark “Atlantic” blue, the standout in the series for us is the “Siren Blue.” An almost impossibly vibrant shade, the dial is meant to invoke the summer sky over France’s Côte d’Azur and it took NOMOS nearly a year to get the color just right.

Longines Avigation BigEye

Longines has one of the most robust catalogs of any major Swiss watchmaker, but the area in which the brand most excels is their heritage reissues. One of their more recent additions to their Heritage line is this unique and attractive pilot’s chronograph. Inspired by a mysterious Longines chronograph from the 1930s, the new model keeps the quirky layout and “big eye” subdial of the original but updates the case material to titanium and the dial to a gradient and textured “Petrol” blue that looks ready for takeoff.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36

There’s just something so perfect about a Rolex with a turquoise or Tiffany Blue dial. Maybe it’s the dose of carefree fun the color adds to the often serious brand, or maybe it’s just that it looks awesome. Whatever it is, we can’t get enough of it. A number have come and gone from the legendary brand’s roster over the years, and most recently Rolex resurrected turquoise for the new entry-level Oyster Perpetual 36. A perfect everyday watch, especially for those with smaller wrists, the robin egg variant of the OP36 has quickly become yet another Rolex steel sports watch that’s impossible to find at an AD due to its blockbuster popularity.

TAG Heuer Monaco

There aren’t many watches out there that can be considered more iconic than this, especially of the blue dial variety. A legend not only in the watch community but also among motorsports enthusiasts and movie buffs, the Monaco became the de facto racing chronograph after it found itself on the wrist of style icon Steve McQueen in his 1971 film Le Mans. From its unique square shape and left-handed crown to its livery-like blue and red color scheme, the Monaco is instantly recognizable and will never go out of fashion.

Grand Seiko SBGY007 Omiwatari

Nobody makes dials like Grand Seiko. The luxury offshoot of one of the world’s largest watchmakers, Grand Seiko’s dials are inspired by Japan’s natural landscape and are crafted by master artisans. And the “Omiwatari” may be the brand’s most impressive effort yet. The ice blue textured dial is inspired by a natural frozen lake formation known as “God’s crossing,” and it’s uncluttered by any date window or power reserve indicator. This allows you to be mesmerized by the perfectly smooth sweep of the hand-wound Spring Drive’s seconds hand as it moves silently across the icy dial.

Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar

In production at GO for over 20 years, this beautiful asymmetrical timepiece is one of the German luxury brand’s signature models. An offset main time indicator, small seconds subdial, big date window, and subtle moonphase display find themselves elegantly arranged around the galvanic dark blue dial in an unexpected way, creating a ton of visual interest. Adding to said interest are the vinyl pattern on the displays, the mirror-polished moon, and the white gold hands. This watch is, as they say, pure class.

The Best Green Dial Watches For Men

Blue dial watches are timeless and make up a key part of any well-rounded watch collection, but they’re not exactly the trendiest timepiece to buy. For that, you should be looking at green dial watches. The difference between blue and green dial watches may sound trivial, but the watch industry is currently obsessed with green dials, and the category has never been hotter. So to make sure you don’t miss out on the latest watch trend, have a look at our guide to the best green dial watches.