Dssd glow?????

[jimmy1982]

Show us pics below of the blue glow on your DSSD's............................

Mine just dont seem to glow blue anymore?!?!?!?!

[mike]

[jimmy1982]

Originally Posted by mike

mine dont seem to be that blue! or maybe its my eyes?!?

[eagle_lex]

mike your pics are always simply awesome.... looks blueish green to these 38 year old eyes. def more blue than the GMTIIc.

[ersnyder]

Love the lume shots, VERY cool!

[chris russell]

Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
Blue on blue now that we are through
Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
And I find I can't get over losing you

I walk along the street we used to walk
Two by two, lovers pass
And as they're passing by, I could die
'Cause you're not here with me
Now the trees are bare
There's sadness in the air
And I'm as blue as I can be

Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
Blue on blue now that we are through
Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
And I find I can't get over losing you

Night after lonely night, we meet in dreams
As I run to your side
You wait with open arms, open arms
That now are closed to me
Through a veil of tears
Your vision disappears
And I'm as blue as I can be

Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
Blue on blue now that we are through
Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
And I find I can't get over losing you

So far the lume on my month-old Sub-c is still blue as it can be.

[AdrianT]

Originally Posted by mike

Hi mike, a Newbie here. I've grown to enjoy admiring the DSSD since it'torrent start however I've yet to succumb to the new lume colour and at this stage i still find the green lume more soothing. is it just me? any thoughts on this from other members?

AdrianT

[JUSTROLEXES]

BLUE

[Sunshine]

When I bought my 16600 (T) ss, the lume did not glow. I asked my friends about this and they told me that happens. One even suggested I have the lume redone. Well one night after working all day in the hot sun wearing the 16600 I looked over at my night stand and there it was blue as the sky!!??

[Redeye]

Love the DSSD Lume.

[mike]

Originally Posted by AdrianT

Hi mike, a Newbie here. I've grown to enjoy admiring the DSSD since it'torrent start however I've yet to succumb to the new lume colour and at this stage i still find the green lume more soothing. is it just me? any thoughts on this from other members?

AdrianT

Welcome Adrian.

The "Blue" lume is called chromalite by Rolex. To me it has a bit less intense glow at full charge than the green superluminova, but does seem to last a bit longer (or more consistent I guess might be a better way of putting it).

There are other makers using blue--the Omega ploprof as an example. I had a brief flirtation with onw and I have to say the blue luminosity was amazing.

[jimmy1982]

Originally Posted by Redeye

Love the DSSD Lume.

mine is a million miles off that?? how you make it glow so blue??

[JIFF1975]

DSSD has the best lume of all Rolex watches!!!

[chris russell]

Originally Posted by jimmy1982

mine is a million miles off that?? how you make it glow so blue??

I have one word for you: Photoshop.

[chris russell]

Originally Posted by JIFF1975

DSSD has the best lume of all Rolex watches!!!

The Sub-c has exactly the same lume. The only difference in the dial is the printing.

[rangrov]

It has to be exposed to sunlight to charge the lume....

[Dob]

Originally Posted by chris russell

The Sub-c has exactly the same lume. The only difference in the dial is the printing.

My Sub C does not seem as "bright" as my older versions but it easily lasts all night long. When I look at the watch in the morning - it seems to still be glowing at about the same level as when I went to bed and is easily readable.

[Singslinger]

Originally Posted by chris russell

Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
Blue on blue now that we are through
Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
And I find I can't get over losing you

I walk along the street we used to walk
Two by two, lovers pass
And as they're passing by, I could die
'Cause you're not here with me
Now the trees are bare
There's sadness in the air
And I'm as blue as I can be

Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
Blue on blue now that we are through
Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
And I find I can't get over losing you

Night after lonely night, we meet in dreams
As I run to your side
You wait with open arms, open arms
That now are closed to me
Through a veil of tears
Your vision disappears
And I'm as blue as I can be

Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
Blue on blue now that we are through
Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
And I find I can't get over losing you

So far the lume on my month-old Sub-c is still blue as it can be.

I thought the watch was supposed to sing to you and not the other way around?

Nice one!

[Rogue884]

Originally Posted by jimmy1982

mine is a million miles off that?? how you make it glow so blue??

Use a blacklight to bring out the luminescence and yours will look the same. Its not photoshop, just good photography techniques.

[Redeye]

Originally Posted by chris russell

I have one word for you: Photoshop.

Actually there was no photoshop in this shot. As you can see from the second hand, this was about a 7 second exposure.

I needed 7 seconds on this shot because the room was not well lit and not very dark either because I wanted the rest of the watch (dial and case) to be clearly exposed as well.

I was just playing around with the camera settings when I took this shot, but it is pretty close to how my lume looks when I go from outdoors in the sun to a poorly lit room.

You wanna know which lume really really really sucks? The Milgauss GV lume is one of the worst I've ever seen. I still love the watch though.

[chris russell]

Originally Posted by Redeye

Actually there was no photoshop in this shot. As you can see from the second hand, this was about a 7 second exposure.

I needed 7 seconds on this shot because the room was not well lit and not very dark either because I wanted the rest of the watch (dial and case) to be clearly exposed as well.

I was just playing around with the camera settings when I took this shot, but it is pretty close to how my lume looks when I go from outdoors in the sun to a poorly lit room.

I was referring to the color, not the brightness. As you can see by the other lume shots in this thread, the 'blue' lume is actually turquoise. Your shot has rendered the blue color quite differently, so it got changed in the photo process somewhere.

[Redeye]

Originally Posted by chris russell

I was referring to the color, not the brightness. As you can see by the other lume shots in this thread, the 'blue' lume is actually turquoise. Your shot has rendered the blue color quite differently, so it got changed in the photo process somewhere.

I understand what you mean, but I think the color difference was from my lighting conditions and the exposure time. Actually I forgot to add I had a polarizer on too.

Regardless, referring to your original comments. Photoshop was not used to process the color.

[Puffy]

love that blue, amazing

[WatchnRoll]

Originally Posted by chris russell

I was referring to the color, not the brightness. As you can see by the other lume shots in this thread, the 'blue' lume is actually turquoise. Your shot has rendered the blue color quite differently, so it got changed in the photo process somewhere.

Sometimes my DSSD is that blue and other times it's more blue green....I think it fluctuates for some reason.

I love the DSSD!

[ianGP]

looks more like AQUA blue to me..... but i still like it!

[dcash0615]

I recently added a DSSD to my collection and made the same observation. The lume looked more blueish green the blue when the watch face was exposed to light for a longer period of time. However, if the watch was exposed to light for shortly periods of time, the lume looked more blueish. I did compare the lume of the DSSD to other Rolex models in my collection and there is a definite difference between the lume colors.

[Lagunatic]

[jimmy1982]

Love the blue lume, but not always blue!

[RolexV3]

Here is my lime shot addition