On every watch forum that I've ever been on, lume is always an important consideration by a large percentage of the members. If it is so important to the people who buy the watches, why do some watch companies use such crappy lume on their watches, and others make watches that you could see from space?
OK, I can understand that on some dress watches you might not want a brightly glowing watch, or the specific hand set might not look right with lume puddles. But what about companies like Hamilton? I love MOST of the things about my Hammies, but the quality of their lume is NOT one of them. Here's a company that make mid-range Swiss made watches, and their lume is pretty pitiful on EVERY one that I own, not just the ones that fit into the 'Dress' category. Thinking back, the lume on most of the pricier watches that I have owned was relatively poor. The only Rolex that had really decent lume was my Milgauss.
Am I missing something here? Do most watch buyers simply not CARE if their watch has decent lume? Or is it just us WIS who expect nuclear glowing watches? Maybe that IS a factor. Thinking about the lume on most of my micro brand watches, they are usually MUCH brighter than most of the 'Swiss' brands. I wonder if that has to do with the micro brand owners being more in touch with the watch enthusiast community?
What do you guys think?
OK, I can understand that on some dress watches you might not want a brightly glowing watch, or the specific hand set might not look right with lume puddles. But what about companies like Hamilton? I love MOST of the things about my Hammies, but the quality of their lume is NOT one of them. Here's a company that make mid-range Swiss made watches, and their lume is pretty pitiful on EVERY one that I own, not just the ones that fit into the 'Dress' category. Thinking back, the lume on most of the pricier watches that I have owned was relatively poor. The only Rolex that had really decent lume was my Milgauss.
Am I missing something here? Do most watch buyers simply not CARE if their watch has decent lume? Or is it just us WIS who expect nuclear glowing watches? Maybe that IS a factor. Thinking about the lume on most of my micro brand watches, they are usually MUCH brighter than most of the 'Swiss' brands. I wonder if that has to do with the micro brand owners being more in touch with the watch enthusiast community?
What do you guys think?
