Random watch thread 2

[tribe125]

col·or·way

/ˈkələrˌwā/


noun
plural noun: colorways

• any of a range of combinations of colors in which a style or design is available.
  "wallpaper books show coordinating patterns and colorways"
  
  So by that definition it seems completely identical in meaning to just saying "colors"--"wallpaper books show coordinating patterns and colors." No difference semantically, seems to me...

Yes, there is a difference, and you’ve quoted it - “any of a range of combinations of colours”. And then it goes on to talk about coordination, by which it means complementary but different colours.

[Raza]

Same here. I first heard it in references to backpacks, about a year or year and a half ago perhaps, had to check and confirm it meant what I thought it meant. Then I started using it for watches and found very useful at that. There was a discussion about it at the other place not long ago, turns out some native English speakers find it somewhat pretentious. To me, efficiency matters more.

I don’t think I’ve ever shied away from being somewhat pretentious, either.

[Mediocre]

Talk about handmade

https://tommlab.de/portfolio/kauflokal/

[rodia77]

col·or·way

/ˈkələrˌwā/


noun
plural noun: colorways

• any of a range of combinations of colors in which a style or design is available.
  "wallpaper books show coordinating patterns and colorways"
  
  So by that definition it seems completely identical in meaning to just saying "colors"--"wallpaper books show coordinating patterns and colors." No difference semantically, seems to me...

There is an overlap, esp. in plural, but 'colourway' includes two notions that 'colour' itself does not:
1. that we're speaking of multi-coloured objects, designs etc
2. that apart from colour differences, they're otherwise basically the same

(BTW, 'colour combination' might be another synonym, next to 'colour scheme').

I think this definition makes it a bit clearer: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colorway

Compare:
I collect watches that have different colours. <= broad and general: any type, any colour(s)
I collect watches that have different colourways. <= suggests we're dealing with sets of similar/same multi-coloured watches

FWIW.

[tribe125]

^^^

Nope. Although this is the trouble with unnecessary made up words.

[tribe125]

Very, very lovely. It’s vintage with a new old stock dial, restored by JLC.

[rodia77]

^^^

Nope.

In light of such heavy-weight argumentation, I have to reach for something equally powerful: yep.

[geoffbot]

Very, very lovely. It’s vintage with a new old stock dial, restored by JLC.

I know I like that because my lady friend just asked why I said 'mmmm' out loud into my phone. I hadn't noticed.

[tribe125]

[tribe125]