What watch do you wear?

JRJ · 7 Dec 2020 at 23:38

How long should Lumn last on a watch? little bit disappointed with my Christopher Ward, charged with a UV torch its lovely and bright but completely gone within an hour.

Janesy B · 7 Dec 2020 at 23:57

Seems about right, how long are you planning on spending in the dark? If you want something that glows constantly you'll want a Tritium lumed watch.

BananaDunka · 7 Dec 2020 at 23:58

JRJ said:
How long should Lumn last on a watch? little bit disappointed with my Christopher Ward, charged with a UV torch its lovely and bright but completely gone within an hour.

I've made it my life's mission to appreciate good lume in any watch I buy so feel I can put forward my experience here.

There are a couple of things to note with lume and how long it lasts. The brand doesn't really matter, it's how it's applied (layering) that dictates how long it lasts as well as the compound "day colour". I don't know what CW watch you have but if it's anything like standard couple of layers of C1/green unbranded lume like most Longines then it won't last long at all and may well be invisible within the hour.

I was so furious with my Longines HydroConquest lume once that I sent it to Detroit at MCWW to be re-lumed with heavy blue NoctiLumina and it came back with blue lume that lasted several hours with an initial brightness that lasted 5-10 mins and then slowly dimmed to a visible glow for several hours after. Both my current watches use lighter layers of C3 and BGW9 but are heavy enough to still glow in the middle of the night and be visible with dark adjusted eyes so personally I am fine with this.

Since then I've only had and seen a handful of watches with lume that can be compared to the MCWW application. Tudor Pelagos used heavy BGW9 which was nearly on par, and the Marloe Morar Black Edition which exceeded both of those watches with a custom compound that was bright for 5 hours and was visible in the middle of the night having seen no light.

Expectations of lume brightness and longevity will be solely down to how much the maker cared about lume for that particular watch and not the brand in general as it will vary insanely in my experience between models and how much time/money the maker wanted to dedicate to good lume. Doesn't matter if it's a dive watch or dress either, all down to effort on the maker's part.

hughtrimble · 8 Dec 2020 at 00:14

Janesy B said:
Seems about right, how long are you planning on spending in the dark? If you want something that glows constantly you'll want a Tritium lumed watch.

Do you sleep with a light on? If not, a watch with lume that lasts more than an hour is rather needed if that's your desired way of telling the time.

I've found every Seiko diver I've owned to have really long lasting lume. Dressier watches like my Grand Seiko SBGA041 is unusual for a dressier GS in that it has lume, but it's very slimly applied to the hands and as such isn't of much use.

Derek W · 8 Dec 2020 at 08:38

Guess i need to join Instagram now.................

Giving away a $26k Jacob & Co Epic X Chronograph https://www.producermichael.com/giveaways/winmrwonderfulsjacob/

kai · 8 Dec 2020 at 08:58

Still in the collection, taken a few years ago as i used it for my wedding day.

JRJ · 8 Dec 2020 at 19:12

mrk said:
I've made it my life's mission to appreciate good lume in any watch I buy so feel I can put forward my experience here.

Cheers @mrk its a CW C60 Trident Pro 600, in fairness its my first non digital daily wear in a very long time so I don't think I knew exactly what I was expecting, if that's about the right amount of time I'll get used to it

BananaDunka · 8 Dec 2020 at 20:21

Check this comparison out, both watches are nigh on the same on paper, 39mm case, 11.5mm vs 12mm thickness (inc crystal), 46.5mm vs 47mm lug to lug length yet, visually one looks considerably chunkier than the other!

Laco-Aachen-39mm_VS_Baltic-Aquascaphe-SB01_Thickness.jpg

Hyburnate · 8 Dec 2020 at 20:28

Yeah there's no way I am pulling that off with my girl wrists!

BananaDunka · 8 Dec 2020 at 20:39

Gonna need to see a pic of a watch on these girl wrists you keep mentioning

I mean it wears fine for me so surely must be fine for you??

Gotta say from side profile views I really appreciate how cool the Baltic looks. That slim mid-case just looks so refined and the brushed finishing is really nice.

Minusorange · 8 Dec 2020 at 20:41

JRJ said:
How long should Lumn last on a watch? little bit disappointed with my Christopher Ward, charged with a UV torch its lovely and bright but completely gone within an hour.

The key point is your eyes need to be adjusted for darkness in order to get the full benefit of the lume

Hyburnate · 9 Dec 2020 at 19:10

mrk said:
Gonna need to see a pic of a watch on these girl wrists you keep mentioning I mean it wears fine for me so surely must be fine for you??

Gotta say from side profile views I really appreciate how cool the Baltic looks. That slim mid-case just looks so refined and the brushed finishing is really nice.

BananaDunka · 9 Dec 2020 at 19:23

I said on your wrist not on a straw!

Hyburnate · 9 Dec 2020 at 19:23

mrk said:
I said on your wrist not on a straw!

See my point?!

Derek W · 9 Dec 2020 at 19:52

mrk said:

Hyburnate said:

Wooly straw and naked straw :eek:

JRJ · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:11

Minusorange said:
The key point is your eyes need to be adjusted for darkness in order to get the full benefit of the lume

Thanks for this, really good watch :eek:

makes a lot of sense.

BananaDunka · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:21

Derek W said:
Wooly straw and naked straw

Can't be helped or changed

But perspective does make a difference I guess with these wide lenses on phones these days

randomshenans · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:33

Sparse. That's how I would describe your hair.

Smiffy-UK · 9 Dec 2020 at 20:55

mrk said:
Can't be helped or changed But perspective does make a difference I guess with these wide lenses on phones these days

I like that mouse mat!!

BananaDunka · 9 Dec 2020 at 21:04

I am not a wookie, this is true

As for the mouse mat, Amazon search for Titanwolf mouse surface map. There are many variants of this from other brands but only the Titanwolf one is nice and thick padded with a quality edge stitching and comes out of the packaging roll without the wavy pattern like the inferior quality ones :cool: