Source for Luminox Watches

[Skunkabilly]

OK they aren't exactly guns but they are part of the package, and some of them even say Navy SEALs on them :rolleyes:

Anyone have a good, reliable and trustworthy source for these watches?

[DigMe]

http://www.cdnninvestments.com/luminox.html

I'd REALLY like one of those Titanium models with the tritium hands and hour markers!


http://store3.yimg.com/I/cdnn_1764_7213564


I hear CDNN is great to deal with. I haven't gotten to do that yet but I plan on doing so at some point.

brad cook

[XLMiguel]

I got mine from Omegaman, best price I could find at the time - HTH

http://omega.virtualfocus.com/

They start at $135 for the basic (rubber band) model and go up from there. Service was prompt, good prices on Microlights and othe lights, too.

Site nav leaves a bit to be desired, poke around . . .

[DougCxx]

I had a plastic "basic" one for a few years, I remember liking it and it worked very well. It even kept working after I spilled gasoline/oil and similar liquids on it--I only buy water-proof watches for regular wear anyway, but spilling gasoline or oil or similar on them is what usually killed them. It is easy to read in the dark, without fumbling with buttons like on digital watches or those "luma-whatever" LCD light ones they have now.
---->What finally killed the watch was that the plastic case wore out: the holes that the two pins (that hold the ends of the watchband in the watch case) fit into finally wore out, until the watchband could be pulled pretty easily from the watch. So I would only buy a metal one now--but the plastic one did last a few years, and I wasn't gentle with it--it got caught on edges of things a lot.
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[AK103K]

I just got one here for $129, cheapest I've found on the net. They are good to deal with and I had it in a couple of days.

http://www.jomashop.com/luminox.html

Ajax Grips used to have them for around $125, but I havent seen their ad in the SGN/Gun List for awhile.

[Skunkabilly]

http://www.luminox.com/catalog/cat/PAGE12.jpg

Lookin' at this here brown strap/creme dial watch, since I already have a CF watch, I need an earf tone watch to mix it up :)

[TarpleyG]

I bought my Captain's Field Watch last year from Island Security. It was a good deal. Looking over there though, I don't see they don't have the tan band, only the black band with the ivory dial.

If you want, I have a tan band that came with mine that I never used because I prefer the british-type bands, and I will send it to you. you pay postage.

By the way, this is by far the most versatile and reliable watch I have ever owned. It replaced a Victorinox of similar design.

http://www.islandsecuritystore.com/NS1574.php

edit: I just noticed too on that Luminox photo that the face has changed a bit. The hour markers are oriented differently. Must be a design change. Also, I get my other bands from Eddie Platts at http://www.timefactors.com for anyone interested.

GT

[mtnbkr]

What's so special about Luminox watches? They seem awful expensive for a quartz movement and mineral glass crystal.

Not trying to be a smarta$$, just want to know if I'm missing something. the "Navy Seals" label is cheesy though.

Chris

[TarpleyG]

The tritium inserts for one. Radiation is expensive. Some of thier watches, like mine, do not have the Navy Seals logo, just the Luminox emblem. Anyway, they are durable and keep great time. I paid $175 for mine which is a very reasonable cost for a good watch in my opinion.

Looking for a slightly cheaper alternative??? Try a mil-spec watch from here: http://www.westcoastime.com/e2fielmec.html

GT

[Harold Mayo]

Not the cheapest place but certainly the coolest:

http://www.mkiiwatches.com/index.html

Yao has some cool tweaks to the Luminox watches.

Check out his links page, too, especially Industrial Watch Works:

http://www.angelfire.com/blues/andcameysiww/Firstpage.html


Horology is a whole other expensive hobby. BTW...I think that Yao has some bands that contain carbon fiber...:D

[Steve Smith]

I wear the Luminox Marine (black face) daily and I am very happy with the purchase.

http://www.luminox.com/catalog/cat/PAGE14.jpg

[stevelyn]

Hey Skunk,

Don't waste your time with a Luminox. They suck the dirty water SEALs swim in. You're much too uhmmmm...............[B]tactical[B] for that.
What you really want is one of these http://www.chase-durer.com :D Worn the world over by all the real and wannabe SPECOPS, pilot wannabes, grand prix/Formula 1 wannabes, egotistical SWAT types, tactical poseuers and I imagine, a couple of real fighter pilots these days.:neener:
Why I even heard one or two showed the time of day during the now famous Afghanistan Horse Cavalry charge. :rolleyes:

[DougCxx]

What's so special about Luminox watches? They seem awful expensive for a quartz movement and mineral glass crystal.
- You can easily read them hands-free in the dark.
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-Also--the tritium vials function as crude dosiometers, in that they glow real brightly if you're around unusually-high levels of UV or atomic radiation. I only had that happen once though, with UV radiation from a malfunctioning light fixture. --->But it is definitely something worth knowing--if your tritium starts shining REAL BRIGHT, something nasty is upon you.
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There might be other similar watches available now but when I bought mine there were only two different watches I had found with tritium inserts, and the other was way more expensive.
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[shooter.45]

I bought my Luminox from Ajaxgrips they were great to deal with.

[Tecolote]

Do they make tritium vial so thin that they won't interfere with the watch's movement? It looks more like phosporesent paint to me. The same kind of paint that Seiko and Citizen have used for years on their watches.;)

[AK103K]

Do Seiko and Citizen's watches glow brightly, 24 hours a day without a light source? The Luminox watches work very well. So well in fact, you should cover them in situations where you dont want to be seen. Mine glows bright enough that you can see light through a dark, nylon windbreaker sleeve.

[Tecolote]

It depends on what Seiko and Citizen watch you're talking about. The higher quality ones, $100+ range glow very brightly. Does Luminox claim to use tritium vials or is that a sales gimmick?

[AK103K]

They do use tritium according to the ads. They require no light source to "charge" them and as I mentioned, they glow very brightly, 24 hours a day. I have never seen any watch using rechargeable phosphorescent type marks glow as bright, regardless of cost. Even the best of that type dont glow bright for long, and still need to be recharged by a light source. You should try one out, I think you'll like it. I'll bet you never go back to Seiko, even if they do start using tritium. My "cheapie" Luminox has long out lasted any of the Seikos I've owned just in the working and longevity department. The tritium is just good gravy on the biscuits :)

[curmudgeon]

See http://www.broadarrow.net/ezm1.htm.

Or any of the other countless military watches at http://www.broadarrow.net/ ...

[DougCxx]

Do they make tritium vial so thin that they won't interfere with the watch's movement? It looks more like phosporesent paint to me. The same kind of paint that Seiko and Citizen have used for years on their watches...
- No, it is not just paint applied to the surface. Each vial is a tiny glass cylinder, held in its place by little metal tabs. You can see the "thickness" of the ends of the vials (they appear about as thick as a piece of typing paper) and the vials are filled with what looks like a light pea-green paint during daylight--but at night, they glow MUCH brighter than the old-style luminous paint does. In total darkness, you can almost read by the light they give off, if you hold the print right up near the face of the watch. If you have ever taken a flashlight at night and held it right up to your luminous-paint watch and turned it on for a minute or so, to "charge up" the paint and see how bright it would get? Well you know how bright the paint is the moment you turn the flashlight off and pull it away? .....The tritium vials glow that bright all the time: no flashlight necessary, ever.
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-If someone is stalking you at night with night-vision goggles, a tritium watch would be a very bad thing to have on---->but the rest of the time, its great to have.
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[Tecolote]

Thanks for the info. I'm tempted to get one now!:D

[DougCxx]

Well really.... If I remember right, the tritium vials are supposed to glow for ten years--so I guess they don't last forever. But it's still nicer than the cheaper painted-on stuff, and you don't have to press any buttons like with the digital watches.
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[Steve Smith]

Day late and a dollar short here, but you guys have been a little misleading to Telocote. They don't glow "at night." They glow ALL the time, 24/7, 365, and the HALF LIFE of tritium is 11 years, meaning in 11 years they will be half the brightness they are now.

[clown714]

got mine off e-bay

very pleased with it.

had to go with a covered band,kept me up at night;)

clown

[schapman43]

Got the USAF Stealth one for $130 on my B-day. I'm very happy with it.

[cz75bdneos22]

www.luminox.com
they have them at the sharper image..among other shops.