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#62 ·
Agreed. Wonder if the reason it hasn't been done is simply about the costs related to adding another production step..

streetracer101 said:
I don't think that there is any doubt of which is brighter (lumed dial) or which maintains it brightness longer (tritium). What I don't understand is why manufacturers haven't designed any watches with both tubes and a lumed dial. It seems like such an easy fix that would provide the bright pop after a sunlight charge as well as the glow power of tritium.
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After making the OP, I decided to get a Deep Blue T100. It's not nearly as bright as my Seiko OM, but I admit the T100 was pretty effin cool. It was always as bright as you needed it to be to read the dial. I ended up selling it, but kinda regret it now. I'll probably end up getting another. I'm not worried how the tritium will look in 25 years...even 15. Hell, maybe in 15 years tritium replacement will be as common as reluming.
 
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mkw said:
Each has it's good and bad points
1) Tritium tube watch best for putting on at bedtime especially if you are nearsighted and have no hope of seeing the alarm clock face
2) Your best conventional lume watch for indoor rides with kids at Disneyland and such !
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GatorJ said:
If you haven't had a Ball you're missing the top end reference point. Not even close.
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Goalie said:
That used to be true. Deep Blue has a few T-100 tritium watches that exceed the Ball. I know it's not true T-100 but the brightness is off the chart. For a lot less money. The Ball is however a far superior watch in every other area
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Raza said:
And what are you going to do with your $2000 Ball when the tritium needs to be replaced? Head over the the tritium store, Tritium R Us, and get some more?
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No one to date has had their tritium tubes replaced because of fading. Non-issue. It's a easy dial,hand replacement if needed. Also what you need to know about tritium is it looses half it's life in 25 years..not blacked out. Then in another 25 years it loses half again, so theoretically in 50 years you should still have some light.

I bought my Ball Deep Quest specifically for the tritium. Worth every penny. I have a tsar that I wore for 3-4 years and once you go tritium..well it's difficult to leave.

Also on the super lume doesn't the paint fade after awhile? Age attacks everything right? So with that reasoning Lume is far from perfect either. Proven fact for me is I have a late 70's Rolex,....lume is over on it. Non existent.

Shane
 
#65 ·
mkw said:
Each has it's good and bad points
1) Tritium tube watch best for putting on at bedtime especially if you are nearsighted and have no hope of seeing the alarm clock face
2) Your best conventional lume watch for indoor rides with kids at Disneyland and such !
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GatorJ said:
If you haven't had a Ball you're missing the top end reference point. Not even close.
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Goalie said:
That used to be true. Deep Blue has a few T-100 tritium watches that exceed the Ball. I know it's not true T-100 but the brightness is off the chart. For a lot less money. The Ball is however a far superior watch in every other area
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nam6869usmc said:
Here ya go, not to cheap. Found some pricing on those replacements.

Before I decided to jump on my Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Spacemaster Orbital, I had to check out all the fees for servicing the watch.
I went to the official Ball service center, and was quoted the following prices in Ringgit Malaysia (RM).

Exchange Rate: USD$1.00 = RM3.20

Service: RM1100
Tritium Tube Replacement: RM35 per Tritium Tube
Polishing (Metal Strap): RM350

I was told, people usually replace their tubes after 10-15 years, because it won't be as bright as it initially was ... Half-life of Tritium is believed to be at 12 years ...

For now, my watch has 52 tubes, and the cost to replace all is 52*RM35 = RM1820 (approx. USD$570) ... with servicing and polishing ... over USD$1000+ ... Wouldn't it be better to purchase a brand new watch?
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Every case, no pun intended, is different. I have 15 tubes on my Ball Deep Quest and it's a 4,000.00 dollar watch.

So no not for me, to purchase a brand new watch.

Shane
 
#67 ·
anbu said:
How does Chromalight do against Seiko's lumibrite? Is it true that Chromalight is superior among lume? Thanks in advance.
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My understanding is that Chromalight is Rolex's name for their blue version of SuperLuminova. C3 SuperLuminova is generally about the same performance as Seiko's Lumibrite. Where Seikos outperform is in the sheer amount of lume they put on watches like the Monster which yield comparatively better head to head lume test results.

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#69 ·
wirelessness said:
I've seen a few watches using Tritium mentioned in this thread; Luminox, Ball, Deep Blue, Casio. Are there any others worth looking at?
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A couple of others would be Traser (various models):

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Dievas (various models):

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Marathon (TSAR, GSAR, CSAR):

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gaijin said:
A couple of others would be Traser (various models):

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Dievas (various models):

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Marathon (TSAR, GSAR, CSAR):

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Vostok uses it too... along with a few others.
 
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morelite said:
Marathon is now using a lume called MaraGlo, does anyone know anything about it? They claim it glows better than any other non-radioactive lume treatment.
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Irrespective of Marathon's claim, their Maraglo is not as bright or long lasting as C3 Superluminova or Lumibrite.

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#75 ·
Phaag....

Timex Indiglo is the brightest...

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Hey, no one said photoluminescent or radioluminescent.....
 
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lysanderxiii said:
Phaag....

Timex Indiglo is the brightest...

Hey, no one said photoluminescent or radioluminescent.....
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I know you're joking, but Indiglo is electroluminescent and therefore not part of this game. ;-)
 
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#77 ·
My experience is not the painted lume necessarily but the size of the hands, any backing material, how many layers of lume and finally the dial color. Lumed SL hands on a black dial were very decent which changed to just decent when mounted on a white dial watch.
 
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#79 ·
srkr said:
No one to date has had their tritium tubes replaced because of fading. Non-issue. It's a easy dial,hand replacement if needed. Also what you need to know about tritium is it looses half it's life in 25 years..not blacked out. Then in another 25 years it loses half again, so theoretically in 50 years you should still have some light.

I bought my Ball Deep Quest specifically for the tritium. Worth every penny. I have a tsar that I wore for 3-4 years and once you go tritium..well it's difficult to leave.

Also on the super lume doesn't the paint fade after awhile? Age attacks everything right? So with that reasoning Lume is far from perfect either. Proven fact for me is I have a late 70's Rolex,....lume is over on it. Non existent.

Shane
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Not quite right, the tritium will decay at a rate of 12.3 yrs and so on.
 
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