Is the newer Seamaster Pro dial design easier to read at night?
Yes. The newer dial design introduced on the GMT and 1998 Pro Diver in Titanium and spread across the Seamaster model line starting in 2000 is easier to read at night than the skeleton hands on the classic ‘James Bond’ style Seamaster Professional. But don’t discount the older design too quickly. Many people still prefer the skeleton hands and find them still easy to read at night. The greatest limitation of the skeleton hands at night is that they have little to no glowing down the length of the hands — mainly a round or triangular shape at the end of the hand. This may cause your eyes to take a couple of seconds longer to focus on and identify which shapes are the hands and which are the hour markers before you can tell the time. On the other hand, a number of people found the large glowing hands of the new design to be too bright and distracting at night. So as with many aspects of these watches, make your own decision based on what suits your taste and needs best. To give some vis
