Red accent variations on dial and activity button

I've had the F5 slate gray for a month now but am thinking if I should exchange it for a slate gray plain. What IS the purpose of the slight variations Garmin has chosen with the dials? Why complicate the SKUs and production? Are folks bothered by them at all? Consider:

- Standard Slate Gray has red circle on Activity start button and red inverted triangle at 12
- Slate gray with Amp Yellow band is all plain - no red -- BEST OPTION for daily wear?
- Silver with Granite Blue has nice silver bezel which may be better for scratches BUT it has 12 to 3'o clock red accent dashes and red on the activity start
- Sapphire slate gray with metal - same as standard - red circle on activity start button and red inverted triangle at 12
- Black Sapphire with black band is all black/ plain.

Thoughts?

0 acousticbiker over 8 years ago

Slate/Yellow case significantly lighter than Slate/Black, so much so that the black strap too dark to be used in place of the yellow. Too bad, because I prefer the absence of red trim (on the triangle and start button) on the yellow version of the watch but can't wear the yellow strap in professional settings

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0 Armughan over 8 years ago

Slate/Yellow case definitely lighter than Slate/Black, so much so that the black strap almost seems too dark to be used in place of the yellow (which would be my preference, because of the absence of red trim on that version of the watch)

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Very interesting! Thanks for posting. So the top watch in your photo is the Slate Grey black and NOT Black/Black?

0 acousticbiker over 8 years ago

Very interesting! Thanks for posting. So the top watch in your photo is the Slate Grey black and NOT Black/Black?

Correct

0 AlexKeaton over 8 years ago

I don't like red triangle either. But after seeing some photos, I started to think white triangle on Black Sapphire is too white. I don't know if it's just on photos, it's not that white in person. I hope I can see actual watches before purchasing.