LUME - What's the big deal?

[wossobama]

Why is everyone so obsessed about having the brightest lume possible?

I agree a bad lume may be a tell, but a reasonable lume should do fine. Why the big deal about it?

 

[WatchnScotch]

I like to be able to read my watch in the dark.


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[waterluver]

A good lume will last almost thru the night allowing you to see the time without turning on a light and to be honest with you it's cool but not everyone wears their watches to bed so to them it's not a big deal...to other that do it is

 

[P4GTR]

What's cooler than lume?

 

[DeeKa]

On the new models the lube should be close to the gen.

What I can't figure out is, why the people like to have vintage reps with T-dials and superlume them...
If I have gen T-dials of 30 years I just see a faint glow, so all I would expect of a good vintage rep is to match tritium glow as close as possible

Dee

 

[tommy_boy]

Good lume makes me want to take in stray animals and hug my kid.

 

[Q5?]

Plenty of threads already on this topic. Try searching my friend.

 

[wossobama]

Your lume really lasts right through the night? Really?

My PAM111 also has a great lume - not as good as the one pictured - but I dont see the need to have it any brighter.

I think too good a lume is a bit of a tell.

Plenty of threads already on this topic. Try searching my friend.

I have done that and read with interest. I was looking for current opinions though, not something a historic thread will give you.

 

[Duke1973]

The lume on the gens are generally really good, well on the Rollies and Pams anyway. What we have done when we get them relumed just brings them up to the normal gen brightness.


Also, there is no such thing as "reasonable" lume on rep watch. There is either normal lume or superlume. the superlume is actually pretty good on my SD but still not totally gen like. The "regular" rep lume you speak of is utter crap and nothing more than glow tape put on the markers. It will glow for all of 30 seconds after the light source is removed and a faint glow for maybe 10 to 20 minutes after that! Unacceptable to anyone who wants to be able to read the time after dark....

 

[tommy_boy]

On the new models the lube should be close to the gen.

What I can't figure out is, why the people like to have vintage reps with T-dials and superlume them...
If I have gen T-dials of 30 years I just see a faint glow, so all I would expect of a good vintage rep is to match tritium glow as close as possible

Dee

Authentic lume? Interesting.

I have a dive watch from the 60s that probably had tritium paint applied to it. Since it's pretty faint now I am thinking of having it relumed with C3 or something modern. It's just a hand-crank Waltham, so restoring it in that way is of no consequence other than to make it appealing to me (as the original owner.)

 

[phillycheez]

Functionality.

Plus it looks sweet when you walk into the house, car, shade on a sunny day and look down at a completely different looking watch.

I really want to try tritium... Never turns off. Just dies of old age.


With regards to T dials with luminova... Rolex did it in 98 to 99. They are called transition dials. I love them!

 

[DeeKa]

Authentic lume? Interesting.

I have a dive watch from the 60s that probably had tritium paint applied to it. Since it's pretty faint now I am thinking of having it relumed with C3 or something modern. It's just a hand-crank Waltham, so restoring it in that way is of no consequence other than to make it appealing to me (as the original owner.)

For me and other collectors it will lower the value as replacing an original tritium dial with a luminova dial.
As your watch is an 60s gen diverswatch, the collectors value is present and will decrease as soon as you apply any new lume!
This is a fact independend of the make and in effect differing from make to make - $10 to $100k

Dee

 

[tommy_boy]

For me and other collectors it will lower the value as replacing an original tritium dial with a luminova dial.
As your watch is an 60s gen diverswatch, the collectors value is present and will decrease as soon as you apply any new lume!
This is a fact independend of the make and in effect differing from make to make - $10 to $100k

Dee

Yeah, $10 is probably close to what it's worth. :lol:

I'd never sell it anyway.

 

[jeffw69]

It looks cool, end of story....what a dumb question.

 

[DeeKa]

Oh, a rare red date Waltham
That changes ever given figure...

Dee

 

[tommy_boy]

Oh, a rare red date Waltham
That changes ever given figure...

Dee

:lol:

 

[wossobama]

It looks cool, end of story....what a dumb question.

Considered answer there then...!

 

[kendog870]

A good lume gets attention. Even when you walk into a into a semi dark room. Says, "look at me, a worthy watch".

 

[wossobama]

Worthy watch, rather than "that guy's got a kiddies glow in the dark watch on!"?

 

[kendog870]

Worthy watch, rather than "that guy's got a kiddies glow in the dark watch on!"?

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