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These are applied baton indices. Indices can be printed or applied. There are several types of indices:That’s a good looking watch!
The hash marks instead of numerals is classic
No lume on this watch.These are applied baton indices. Indices can be printed or applied. There are several types of indices:
Numerals (Arabic, Roman, Breguet, Chinese, etc)
Baton/Stick (thin baton)
Dagger
Round
Arrow/Triangle
Lume can be applied directly over printed indices or an applied index may have lume applied to it. Your new Seiko has baton markers with lume dots next to the baton indices. The arrow index at 12:00 has lume applied to it. That's for easy orientation in the dark. The hour and minute hands on your watch are tapered hands, not to be confused with sword-style or syringe-style hands. The second hand is a stick second hand with a lollipop on the short end. The tip of the second hand is either painted white or it may have lume on it. The lollipop end has a large lume dot. It's an easy-to-see indication in the dark that your watch is running and hasn't stopped.
The only Chinese watches I know are Seagull 1962-s. Classic and highly valued.Anyone recall the name of the Chinese or Veitnamese watch designer with some very avant garde designs that used to appear on the old Shop NBC show years ago?
I miss that old crew, they were fun until they got into the never ending Invicta specials.
Ken - Currently watchless
that stupid phone has a clock on it.
I miss my very old, very inexpensive casio "dive" watch; a submariner look alike.
Got it at Radio Shack when they had physical stores. It was very comfortable and oh so Thunderball !
Maybe it was the rubber wristband that hooked me.
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Is it the red LED Pulsar?There's some really nice watches in this thread! I miss wearing a watch back when I had to dress up for work every day. I have mine put away somewhere. I have a Fossil, Pulsar, and a Seiko. If I can dig them out, I'll post some pics.
Lume varies wildly in brightness and duration depending on the type and number of applied layers. Good lume will let you read the time in the dark for 8 hours after the exposure to light. Modern lume is commonly made from strontium-aluminate. It is not radioactive, does not yellow (much) over the years, resists humidity (unlike radium and tritium paint lume), and it does not get (much) weaker over the years. Common lume types are Superluminova C3 (bright greenl and BGW9 (bright blue). Some manufacturers like Seiko (LumiBrite) and Rolex (Chromalight) make their own lume. Up to 16 layers of line can be applied for brighter lume. Watches designed for diving and cave exploration tend to have brighter lume than say dress watches the brightest lume consists of tiny tritium gas capsules that are applied to indices and hands and gunsights. They have a half-life of 12 years and their brightness diminishes slowly. This type lume does not require to be "charged" by light in order to work. The tritium gas capsules are harmless. Thanks for letting me nerd out.No lume on this watch.
EDIT: It actually does have lume, which glowed for a few minutes after I shined a flashlight on it.
It’s kind’ve a gun metal colored analog one. Square face.Is it the red LED Pulsar?
Arcographite, I have that same watch but with a black bezel. $43.97 on Amazon with next day delivery with prime. Mine has been within 1 minute accuracy according to the atomic/world clock for the last 18 months.Anyone recall the name of the Chinese or Veitnamese watch designer with some very avant garde designs that used to appear on the old Shop NBC show years ago?
I miss that old crew, they were fun until they got into the never ending Invicta specials.
Ken - Currently watchless
that stupid phone has a clock on it.
I miss my very old, very inexpensive casio "dive" watch; a submariner look alike.
Got it at Radio Shack when they had physical stores. It was very comfortable and oh so Thunderball !
Maybe it was the rubber wristband that hooked me.
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My favorites are the Seiko with the stainless band, and the black chronograph with black band.My assorted watches, plus a few Timex, an Apple and a Fitbit watch not photographed.View attachment 130673View attachment 130674