Often the way color is used is inspired by an application or use from an entirely different industry. The watch faces below are a good example.
Employed both in aviation and the submarine world as a visual aid, bright colours ’speak’ to men from these and similar professions in a familiar and what seems to have proven appealing way.
These watches have a photo luminescent dials in blue or orange and in addition they have a version called “stealth” with matte, anti-reflective black hands, a discreet photo luminescent coating enables readability day and night. 
