That's called a lume pip. Mix a drop of UV-cure resin with powdered lume (color of your choice), apply a droplet to the cavity in the bezel and cure with an UV flashlight or out in the sunlight. Fixed.
Citizen solar watch
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I had a piece of the lumed bezel fall out and Omega fixed it under warranty with a new bezel.
Here’s my Promaster diver. Gold case with black bezel.
Sorry about hijacking your thread, but I’m an obsessive collector.
Here’s another shot of my titanium diver.
It's a hobby that quickly turns into an obsession.
I know that because I'm right there with you.Not a hijack, lots of good info here.
My 'Chewie' watch
I bought this one for myself about 7 years ago. It too us solar and it came in the scuba tank package. Great watch.
Love the EcoDrives. Also with the atomic clock time setting feature. I miss wearing them. Been wearing an Apple Watch for years now. Boring compared to having a reasonably prices quality crafted watch.
I applaud anyone who wears any watch these days! Eco Drive is nice technology, I gave one of my old Citizen Corsa ED to my FIL and 2 years ago when it was 13 years old, I had to put in a new capacitor. The replacement of the capacitor was easy-peasy, not really anything more than a normal battery change.
Gebrekkend: Did Chewie wear one in a SW movie?
Yep. I just did one and the only special thing is lining up the little tab on the back of the battery with the slot. Dang thing is tiny, though.
No, arms too hairy
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Nice watches! I have about 8 eco-drive solars in different models. I keep them in the window seal to keep them charged. The pest control people call me the watch guy lol. They’re a nice mid price watch that’ll give you several great years of service.
I have 3 Citizen watches, a Thunderbird chronograph I bought when I graduated HS, a black one from Costco that is an Eco-Drive, and a Blue Angel Chronograph that is an Eco-Drive. The Blue Angel one is annoying because it is supposed to update via an atomic clock and it won't.
I may be wrong, but I've heard there's a phone app you can get to update the time.
This one is about 6 years old. My son has matching one, both came in the scuba tanks. I have another that was on it's 3rd band.
Maybe someday I'll get bezel and crystal tuned up. Mine are very rarely off my wrist and I don't have many so pretty much 6 years of 24 hours a day. It might come off when doing oil changes or if I need to reach into tight spots.
It did a couple vacation dive trips with my kids.
Maybe someday I'll get bezel and crystal tuned up. Mine are very rarely off my wrist and I don't have many so pretty much 6 years of 24 hours a day. It might come off when doing oil changes or if I need to reach into tight spots.
It did a couple vacation dive trips with my kids.
So it's right at least 2x per day no matter what?
Same thing with my Mickey Mouse Eco-Drive. If I charge it for +36 hours with an LED BlockLite, it'll run for ~6 days. Unfortunately, a replacement rechargeable cells for this model is NLA.
