From experience another vote for Seiko, although my SMP is not far behind!
have been looking through my collection and i would say that the monster probably has the best lume of all of my watches.
So the question is which watch has the brightest, longest lasting lume?
Thanks,
Andrew
From experience another vote for Seiko, although my SMP is not far behind!
/vince ..
My Breguet Type XX.
Just a few seconds exposure to my halogen reading light, and it glows really brightly for hours and hours.
Worst is my Explorer 1. Glows very dimly for about 30 seconds.
Seikos are (rightly) famous for their lume quality. My Omega Seamaster GMT is also extremely good, as is the Marathon SAR. I don't think there's much to choose between the Omega and Seiko, actually.
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Of mine, fj4.
Best wishes,
Bob
The new Explorer 1? Or the 1016?Originally Posted by doug darter
My 114270 has quite a good lume.
I found that Eddie's watches offer GREAT lume, the 18 and the 14 work like a light bulb at night ;-)
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Longest according to my experience: any watch with the luminous tritium glass vials.Originally Posted by dawson2k5
Tritiums glow a whole night, even if not charged with light than taking it out from under a jacket sleeve to check time a couple of times during a murky nordic november day.
I take every chance to post pictures of the Precista Commander: :D
That's true, the PRS-17A I have is like a torch, really good lume. Eddie's other watches I have are all pretty good, but the 17 definitely stands out.Originally Posted by mr1973
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Of the watches I currently own, the '17Q stands out.
Dave
Omega SMP wins
thats not a lume this is a lume..... 8) .... :lol:
jsar for area and the way it pics up charge soooo easy
Of mine, the Fifty Fathoms followed closely by the Panny GMT..both glow strongly all night.
cheers
Mark
daytime shot
speaking by experience:
omega smgmt
seiko divers
time factors
mkii
are very luminous and long lasting
I believe they all use superluminova
I have a reverso with tritium that is now a joke (10 yo) and a tudor chrono that never glowed unless it was 3am totally dark and in deep night vision.
having saud this, I need to buy more watches HAR HAR HAR!
As Bubi says, except my PRS-18 was very bright, but my PRS-17C is pretty dim by comparison [and at odds with what is said above RE 17A and 17Q]Originally Posted by bubi
Obviously the PRS-20 is lume central 8)
The vials are not charged by light, they glow themselves due to the phosphor coated vials filled with tritium gas. Over the years the tritium will fade and in the end stop glowing, tritium has a half life of 12˝ years.Originally Posted by jo.st
From my experience the best watches regarding lume, are Seiko, SMP and Marathon SAR.
Thomas
My 17Q was very good.
Samurais are excellent too:
I've never relied on lume to read the time - a bit like chronos, I sometimes use just for fun :wink:
Cheers :)
Another vote for Seiko
seiko :)
IWC Pilot, clear and to the point. :D
My Omega SMP, PRS17A, Traser 6502 (Best) and Seiko SKX031. :)
Rod
This guys pretty good :wink:
Respect the past, live the present, protect the future
The Seiko lume is pretty good, as it is probably the brightest in the beginning. However it does not last as long as others. The number 1 on my list is the Stowa Seatime Prodiver, followed by the B&M Capeland XXL Diver!
all the best
Jan
Best Seiko and SMP
Worst Breitling
Breitling has pants lume, possibly one of the worst in my collection.
Shame really as a good lume really makes a watch, IMHO.
Thanks,
Andrew
My superocean is pretty good :?Originally Posted by dawson2k5
Respect the past, live the present, protect the future
All the seiko diver's that I have had so far always had great lume.
:)
VA
My seiko wins.
:D
Likewise, mine is pretty good. Limited area, but what there is is pretty bright and long lasting.Originally Posted by Scottishtrunkmonkey
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
The Seawolf I had, also had very poor lume, small dots with very little SL.Originally Posted by dawson2k5
But the rest of the watch was oh so sweet, in an ideal world the raised numbers on the dial should have been lumed IMO.
Thomas
oh dont get me wrong the lume is OK, but it ain't great, on my CA it is actually quite good, just thought that an expensive watch would have good lume, or at least be better than a seiko.
thanks,
Andrew
Of the ones I currently own, the PRS-18 and PRS-20 take some beating.
Of all the watches I've owned it is, as with so many other qualities, the Seiko Marine Master that is the champ.
Love the 556 lume!Originally Posted by pastrana72
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Seiko lume takes some beating
How about a full-face lume watch? Damasko, Chronoswiss etc. That's going to be pretty hard to beat for overall brightness.
Don't agree! My 3 Breitlings - Superocean, Steelfish & Chrono Avenger all have excellent lume - although not as good as my SMP, but not far behind.Originally Posted by Chabsy
/vince ..
Originally Posted by dawson2k5
Breitling Aerospace and B-1 both have last-through-the-night lume - the latter also has a backlight which is perfect.
As to the cost of the watch - well, Rolex is known for having relatively poor lume - it just lasts, but it's dim come the early hours.
When I said Breitling is the worst, it is the fact the lume it self aint bad just the amount of it I would like to see lumed numbers
When i posted about the lume i spoke from the experience of the models i posted, there may be many other models with better lume, i just have not had them in my hands as of yet, the CA has a good lume, my only complaint is with the montbrillants and the chronomat.
thanks,
Andrew
Fair enough. I thought the Rolex Explorer should have lumed numerals - they look like they are, but aren't.Originally Posted by Chabsy
My Omega PO is pretty good. The Rolex SD next to it is pathetic to say the least.... :roll:
Shaun
My XXI leads as my personal favourite, has a wonderful crispness, colour and overall legibility.
Stephen
Judging from my personal experience I would say that the following watches have an extremely good night visibility due to a top class lume compound.
-Seiko SKX007
-Dreadnought
-Stowa Seatime
-PRS 18
-Seiko Prospex Darth
-Citizen Auto-Zilla 1000m
Jan
Well there is lots of SL on this Damasko and it does last through the night, but still no where near Seiko lume.Originally Posted by mark a.
Thomas
Personal experience in random order;
Seiko Monster / Seiko SKX 007 / Any modern Seiko Diver
Omega Seamaster 300 22 54 5000
and of course Eddie's Prs 18A
Of all the watches I have owned..............the Omega PO without a doubt!
My Stowa Airman has outstanding lume, all the indices and the numbers are bright and clear - unlike my photography skills which are awful!
To change the subject slightly, 2 offenders IMHO for rubbish lume are my Fortis Pilot Pro PVD and the Damasko DA36 I used to own, both bordering on 'why did they bother', perhaps all of Damasko's lume goes on the DA37s which seem to glow like beacons!
Orfina MKII with tritium paint. Not the brightest watch but long lasting (12 years or more). Also magnetic shielded to 100,000 units. :)
I'm quite partial to my 856S. Glows as bright as any of my Panerais.
Of watches I currently own:
Officine Panerai Luminor GMT 088 is the brightest great lumed markers broad hands and lumed second hand.
Ball "Mad Cow" with tritium tubes is the best after about 4 hours,
Of everything I've owned:
1. Ball COSC Diver -- lots of lume to rival Superluminova but in always equally bright tritium tubes. Hands down winner.
2. Girard Perregaux Seahawk II Pro 3000 -- best Superluminova thanks to broad sword hands, lumed centered second hand, and large markers with differentiation at 12, 3, 6, 9.
3. Panerai 187 Diver - thick hands like my current Pam 88, great indicators, lumed second hand.
4. Omega Planet Ocean 45.5 mm Chrono.
My current Rolex with the Maxi-dial is the best of the Rolex line, but not as good as a Seiko Monster.
Also, I owned a Nautic Timer with the full dial lume. Those don't work nearly as well after a few hours as the initial lume would lead one to believe.
Three all-nighters:
Sinn EZM 3:
Seiko Marinemaster 300m:
The brightest, longest-lasting lume was on the Orient 300m (it even glowed in the shades at daylight):