AT 2000 black or white dial

What are you guys thought out there?

Black dial looks very sporty, and i think the black&yellow colour make it looks very distinctive!

White dial is so stunningly pretty, very unique for a sporty look watch with white dial, just pure simple and elegant

Simply cant afford both lol

Went to AD last time, and i can't decide at all.. Maybe i am a Libra, tend to get very hard to make decision..which sometimes good but sometimes bad ;p

Any recommendation would be great and appreciated as i am planning to grab this beauty tomorrow :)

A lot of guys here are tied up today at SIHH, the major industry trade show for IWC. But quickly I will say that the white dial is a forum favorite, and you'll see this discussed in archived posts.

It's all personal taste, but white dial was the clear winner for me.
Either way, I highly recommend the bracelet.

This one gets a ton of wrist time!

I echo Dick's and MF's comments. The B&W version is a preferred model for those of us on the Forum. I too think the watch is best worn with the SS bracelet.

The lume is outstanding:

The yellow tip on the seconds hand is a great touch

It's best on a bracelet, imho:

agreed.

IMHO, white dial goes well with all kinds of attires, and suits all situations:

You have to try them both on. I also went for the white. Distinctive and beautiful!

I am going to buck the trend here, I went for the black dial -

However I do like the white dial also. At present, all of the watches in my collection have black dials, a bit of a "thing" I am going through at the moment - I may grow out of it :)

One thing that has only been lightly touched on is that I think that the dial is not why people go for the white one, it is the bezel and lume - the yellow on black really stands out and does increase the "sportiness" of the watch where the white on black on white is a little more subdued. If you want to maximise wrist time, then the white dial may be the go but if you will be mixing it in with another watch of more, then you may like the black dial with the yellow - I have had a surprising number of comments about mine.

As others have also said, go for the bracelet with the initial purchase. This is also part of the reason I went with the black dial - my dealer did not have a white dial with bracelet, only strap at the time. The reason to go with the bracelet when you buy it is that the bracelet is a good 20% of the total price of the watch and at purchase time you can push the dealer for a deal on the watch and then easily buy the rubber strap at a later date without having to sell your children whereas I felt the process would be a lot more painful if you purchased the watch with the strap and then purchased the bracelet down the track.

Cheers,

Ben

Further - didn't you just get a new watch the other week? On a bit of a roll here it seems, the affliction definitely seems to be worsening!

Hi Alvin,
didn't you just last week get the Pilot's chrono?
I think you have a very serious case of IWC virus.
If it helps I can assure you that there's no cure in the world for that, believe me! But there are worse things than that disease in the world. If you don't sell your family's living for the watches it's not a serious problem.
Enjoy yourself and have fun with IWC and this forum.

BTW I'm not sure about the color of the dial with the AT. I already saw the yellow but the white one I only know from pictures. In the past I found it a little bit boring but now I already find it pretty well. Maybe the yellow is more contrasting between the dial and hands. I usually prefer that.
But you have to judge the watch yourself in the real world: Try, touch, look, check. Good luck. Keep us informed about your next steps (best with pics).

Thank you for the recommendation all, i really love this forum, everyone share the same passion and absolutely nice person out there, hopefully someday we can meet :) , and yes i just got My pilot chrono last week, but can't let go my mind for the AT.. Seems like I need it to cure the virus :)

Well fortunately the budget allows me :)

Yes yes i love both of the black and white dial, but it seems like my heart goes more towards black dial now, not sure why but i think those black&yellow combination really stands out.. I will go later to AD and i know i am going to spend a lot of time in there to make decision... Wish me luck guys :)

Dont disillusion yourself, this will not cure the virus, only temper it for a short period :) Best of luck with your trip to the AD.

As long as you have the budget for it, why not! :-)

I was in the same boat as you were a year or so ago...

stepped into my favorite AD to buy something... while the sales was getting me the receipt, I "accidentally" tried on the white-dial AT 2000. I didn't think much of it BEFORE I try it (I have the previous generation of AT... and I thought the new one didn't look as good and as elegant).

Little did I know... trying it on my wrist was fine... putting it down from my heart was impossible. So, within the same month of my purchasing something at the AD, I returned to get the AT2000. I warned the sales never to let me try anything on "just for the sake of it" any more... :-)

I choosed the black one because it looks more sporty. the white one fits nice for casual wearing.