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    louisbosco
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    @JDelage

    i have vostok dive watch that uses tritium.

    @Snowy

    but to reply you both, i suppose i'm looking at extreme points of a functional dive watch, with regards to both tritium and lume. i suppose for the sake of the argument, we can assume that digital watches like an apple watch or a g-shock would make the use of tritium or lume useless. but from a mechanical watch lovers perspective and using a watch as means of telling time, whether convenience or habit, there are a few situations.

    one that i've encountered before is in a dark cinema, where tritium will no last outlast lume, whether you're catching a movie midday or in the evening. i find that my rolex's lume wouldn't hold up to my vostok that has tritium. Especially if you're catching a movie at night, and it's past charging when the suns out. i know that we can always take out our phones but who wants to be that guy right?  😃 😃

    i know used dive situation as a point of argument but there are many night situations that makes it harder to tell the time with a lume. at least for us folks that stick to mechanical watches..

    "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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      JDelage
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      Ah, good point.

      The other trade-off between lume and tritium is that lume declines during the night, whereas tritium declines over the long term - each year will be less bright than the previous one. I don't know how much time it takes to loose 50% of the light.

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        DougNg
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        10-12 years

        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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          Anesthetist
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          @DougNg:

          10-12 years

          And it’s quite noticeable too. I have a couple of Luminox about that age and they have gotten very dim.

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            Graeme
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            Joined: 30 Mar 2012

            I'm liking the burgundy and green dials that IWC have introduced on the Portugieser chronographs for this year.

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              Eisenherz
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              ^ nice colours

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                DougNg
                Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                I have one watch with tritium in it and it’s fine when your night vision isn’t blown out. Once you see even a moderately bright light the tritium isn’t that useful anymore.

                I had some sights on pistols that had tritium in them for night use and wound up not replacing them with more tritium when they burned out. Turned out they weren’t that useful after all. They’re just not that bright.

                I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                  louisbosco
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                  the vostok that i have that's got tritium would've been about 7-8 years now. i wonder how much has it differed since then. haven't taken it out in awhile.. i suppose i don't think we need tritium to be super bright. all it needs is to illuminate the markers sufficiently to provide whatever information needed..

                  @DougNg night vision can usually be built up through acclimatising your eyes to the dark, unless you have night blindness. in most situations under moonlight, i find that my normal sights and my eyes still work perfect. the only time where it is useful is when it is pitch black under thick vegetation where moonlight cannot penetrate the canopy.

                  "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                    Graeme
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                    @louisbosco at a guess, your Vostok's lume will be around 65% of what is was when new. (That's assuming about a 5.5 to 6% fall a year, which equates to a 50% fall over 12 years.)

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                      DougNg
                      Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                      @louisbosco:

                      the vostok that i have that's got tritium would've been about 7-8 years now. i wonder how much has it differed since then. haven't taken it out in awhile.. i suppose i don't think we need tritium to be super bright. all it needs is to illuminate the markers sufficiently to provide whatever information needed..

                      @DougNg night vision can usually be built up through acclimatising your eyes to the dark, unless you have night blindness. in most situations under moonlight, i find that my normal sights and my eyes still work perfect. the only time where it is useful is when it is pitch black under thick vegetation where moonlight cannot penetrate the canopy.

                      That’s precisely what I figured out as well, plus the first thing I would do if my alarm system goes off is turn on the lights.

                      The only time I find it frustrating that I can’t see my watch is at the movies, which is something my wife and I do weekly when there’s not a pandemic.

                      Tritium is totally useless in that application for me. My night vision is totally blown out by the movie screen.

                      I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                        Sheepdog149
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                        Squale Diver[emoji41][emoji1690]

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                          LewisStonehouse
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                          IWC Pilot's watch Mk XVIII

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                            JDelage
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                            Very nice watch!

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                              LewisStonehouse
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                              Cheers! I love it  🙂

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                              • Pyruvate71P
                                Pyruvate71
                                Joined: 27 Dec 2019

                                @LewisStonehouse:

                                IWC Pilot's watch Mk XVIII

                                In my opinion, the white dial is perfect for MK XVIII.  🙂

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                                  Sheepdog149
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                                    Anesthetist
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                                    Oh I like that one! My last froggie was a snow camo from a lonnnggggg time ago. It was mint and became a bit of a shelf queen as the second hand market went nuts for em. I’d love to have another some time….

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                                      Graeme
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                                      Time and Tide do a virtual Baselworld.

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                                        Graeme
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                                        I picked up a couple of Montblanc refills for a (Prometheus Lights) pen I own, and somehow got invited to a Zoom conference launching their new 1858 collection.

                                        It turns out that it was being hosted by Davide Cerrato, who is the head of their watch division and was creative director at Tudor when they came up with the Black Bay.

                                        (Incidentally, he recognised my spectacles as being by Kuboraum, and he wears that brand himself, so he's obviously a gentleman of taste! :D)

                                        The highlight of the collection we were shown was the Heritage Split Second Chronograph.

                                        Which costs $36,000 because it comes with this Minerva goodness.

                                        The other thing that stood out for me was the 1858 Automatic 24 Hour, which is around $3K, so somewhat more affordable.

                                        Incidentally, I did ask whether a new version of the Heritage 38 Small Seconds might be coming, and was told that they're working on something for next year. I might have to get saving…

                                        One of the press shots that was shown revealed that the map, numerals, and hand are all lumed, so the face glows green in the dark.

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                                          Graeme
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                                          Whilst in Melbourne I found a Ploprof with the orange bezel. I've not seen one of them before (despite being in the Omega catalogue for a couple of years), and it's very cool.

                                          A Tudor P01, which I really liked.

                                          And an IWC Timezoner Longest Flight. They only made eighty of these, and the salesman in the boutique didn't realise what it was. (I told him that I shouldn't have let him know, so I could get a better discount!)

                                          I'm tempted by the Timezoner, but spending a large chunk of my savings when I'm not working doesn't strike me as being particularly clever…

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