Read time effortlessly in even the darkest night. A Swiss-accurate quartz movement with the brightest luminescent technology in existence makes this field watch one you can count on no matter the conditions. Tritium capsules illuminate continuously without exposure to light. Stainless-steel case with a screw-down back for enhanced water resistance. Rugged brown genuine leather band. Day-of-week and date display. Case diameter 1 5/8". Water resistant to 650 feet. Switzerland.
Average Customer Rating:
4.5 out of 5
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2 of 2 (100%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Great "Heavy Duty" Watch,
July 15, 2009
By:
Dickfrom Tallahassee, FL
"I was very pleased when this watch arrived about two months ago. The larger dial makes reading the day and date windows effortless and the overall quality of LUMI NOX is reasuring. I was a little concerned based on another review on the complexity of setting the day and date correctly but breezed through it with one adjustment. The only thing that bothered me was that after having owned two LUMI NOX watches previous to this it appeared to me that the tritium capsules illumination were not as bright as the others had been initially suggesting a long shelf life before the sale. Overall I would recomend this watch to anyone looking for a strong field watch."
Review 2 for Luminox Swiss Field Watch
Overall Rating:
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Durable and practical,
August 7, 2008
By:
Wilksfrom Ireland
"Since my 20-year-old quartz Sieko died about five years ago, I have been looking for a decent replacement, been through a number of apparently good field-style watches, none however either accurate or strong. I think this Luminox device does fit the bill. After not far off a month wearing it, it may have lost half a second against the atomic clock (Greenwich) - however, actual measurement will not be possible for a good while yet. Time keeping does look promising, though. Watch is large, chunky with a very well made, heavy strap. The screw-in button re-assures. The case and face are simple and functional. Minute and second hands keep their position well i.e. if you start the watch dead on the hour, the minute hand at half-past will arrive exactly over the '6' mark; the second hand arrives at each minute-point near enough dead on. The idea of showing three dates (yesterday, today and tomorrow, today identified by an arrow) is excellent - this ensures you can see today's date from most angles; you don't have to squint into a small hole. The luminousness of the hour points and the two main hands is first rate, in low light as well as after dark, midday orange to the rest's green, this another practical detail. The only critism, at this early stage, has to be of the day-of-the-week dial. Firstly, no instructions came with the unit about this feature. You pull the button out one very slight click to set this, then turn the button anti-clockwise. (The second click does the date, the third the time, as normal in each case.) If set correctly, the dial shows the day in English between midnight and 3 a.m., then in German for the rest of the day. You can set it to show the correct English day from 3 a.m. to midnight. However, if you do this the wrong day (i.e. the previous day) is then shown in German during the midnight to 3 a.m. period immediately following. Furthermore, the 3 a.m. change-over, however you set the watch, takes a good hour to complete - so, effectively, you have no legible day-of-the-week to see between about 2.30 a.m. and 3.30 a.m. Once you're used to the watch, these problems fade into relative insignificance. However, someone using the watch, previously set by someone else, for the first time, may be forgiven for thinking that today is Thursday when in fact it is Friday or be baffled by being told that the day-of-the-week is 'DIE' or 'MIT'. Proper instructions would be a great help."
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