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Old 21 June 2016, 08:29 PM   #31
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My second gripe about rolex is the lume. First being sapphire glare
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Old 21 June 2016, 08:41 PM   #32
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Agreed, lume doesn't stay super bright for very long but, albeit dim, it DOES make it through the night.
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Old 21 June 2016, 08:53 PM   #33
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Nope it's not just you. This is an area they could improve upon.
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Old 21 June 2016, 09:07 PM   #34
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Seiko's lume is awesome especially those Prospex lines..
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Old 21 June 2016, 09:24 PM   #35
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Rolex lume is not the strongest. Some members here will claim it works well all night but I can only believe they have the eyes of an owl. I find it usually good for about as long as the movie lasts, and even then give it a good charge with your cell phone light before the lights dim and the previews start.
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Old 21 June 2016, 09:50 PM   #36
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Old 21 June 2016, 10:38 PM   #37
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you would think with all the money we pay for these things, the lume would be better. hows the lume for a new just out of the box? i suspect wear and age plays a lot into this
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Old 21 June 2016, 10:44 PM   #38
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Every night as I'm going to bed, I shine a small LED flashlight on my GMT. It shines bright for about 20 mins then settles into a normal glow that I can see all night. I do think my SM 300 Master Co-Ax is a bit brighter. My 16622 YM isn't as good as either the BLNR or the SM 300
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Old 21 June 2016, 10:49 PM   #39
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Old 21 June 2016, 10:52 PM   #40
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you would think with all the money we pay for these things, the lume would be better. hows the lume for a new just out of the box? i suspect wear and age plays a lot into this


Not sure age has anything to do with it, on the modern watches anyway. My GMT was brand new from an AD and the lume has always been rubbish. As per a few other comments on this thread, after a reasonable charge up it is good for minutes at best, not hours, and certainly not through the night!

I would agree that for a supposed premium product, we should expect better. It's certainly not what I would expect of a "long-lasting blue glow" (per the Rolex website), but it's not bad enough for me to want to sell the watch and go for something else. There's also plenty of awesome involved in my GMT so I'm still happy with it, despite the lame/lume.


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Old 21 June 2016, 11:16 PM   #41
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I don't do anything to "charge" my Daytona, and once my eyes adjust to the dark, I can see my lume (and the time) pretty much all through the night. I'd say it lasts a good 6-7 hours before I can't see it anymore.

I'm not expecting it to be glowing when I walk through a shadow.
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Old 21 June 2016, 11:23 PM   #42
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Daytona's are subpar Lume IMO.
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Old 21 June 2016, 11:46 PM   #43
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My 114060 and 116613lb last through the night which is all I need. I had a Tag Aquaracer that was brighter but not sure if it went all night. I presume everyone who has watches with brighter lume are also getting 8 hours readability?
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Old 22 June 2016, 12:20 AM   #44
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I wear my watches while sleeping from time to time. My Rolex is the hardest to ready at 3-4am. Black bay is pretty easy to read and my Panerai is definitely easy as can be. I can tell the time at arms length, where the black bay has to be closer and the Rolex makes me squint to read it.
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Old 22 June 2016, 12:25 AM   #45
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I use my iPhone at night because it also has my alarm.
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Old 22 June 2016, 12:35 AM   #46
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I agree, best I've encountered is the Omega PO series, has anyone done a side by side with the Tudor Pelagos?

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Old 22 June 2016, 12:39 AM   #47
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I use my iPhone at night because it also has my alarm.
I use a phone often in this situation but I try not to use the phone argument on watch forums. You see this come up a lot when people say they dont need a date on their watch because they have a phone......and im like....if your looking at your phone for the date you can see the time so you don't need a watch so your argument is invalid. Lol. I feel the same can apply to the lume topic. Nobody really needs a watch or any of its functions in this world of technology but if I want to use my watch as a tool and I cant read it at night it makes me sad.
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Old 22 June 2016, 12:54 AM   #48
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If lume is your thing, look elsewhere. Like a Pelagos.
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Old 22 June 2016, 01:03 AM   #49
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Tudor bb and pelagos lume is just monsterous
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Old 22 June 2016, 01:05 AM   #50
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GMT IIc and Milgauss, lume is fairly useless on both. If I charge them well at 11pm, they are unreadable at 4am, so I have no idea if I have two minutes before the alarm or fifty.

Pretty sad that I have to supplement with a $25 solution that has awesome lume.
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Old 22 June 2016, 01:25 AM   #51
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The lume is not great - but it does not bother me. I rarely actually NEED the lume. If I really need to see the time in the dark, I'm reaching for my cell phone.
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Old 22 June 2016, 01:28 AM   #52
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I use a phone often in this situation but I try not to use the phone argument on watch forums. You see this come up a lot when people say they dont need a date on their watch because they have a phone......and im like....if your looking at your phone for the date you can see the time so you don't need a watch so your argument is invalid. Lol. I feel the same can apply to the lume topic. Nobody really needs a watch or any of its functions in this world of technology but if I want to use my watch as a tool and I cant read it at night it makes me sad.
Good point, and point taken. I was only addressing my own spell behavior pattern. I should have added that I don't use my watches at night when in bed because my watch goes into my watch case along with my other watches, and I shift to using my phone or whatever clock has my alarm set for the next morning.
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Old 22 June 2016, 01:31 AM   #53
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GMT IIc and Milgauss, lume is fairly useless on both. If I charge them well at 11pm, they are unreadable at 4am, so I have no idea if I have two minutes before the alarm or fifty.

Pretty sad that I have to supplement with a $25 solution that has awesome lume.
I guess this was my point. What are you using for your alarm in the morning, and I would imagine that it should be able to better provide the time in the dark than your watch?
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Old 22 June 2016, 01:52 AM   #54
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I do wish Rolex lume could be better. But when you wear a tritium Rolex for a while and switch to the Luminova ones, you realize the lume is adequate. The latest Chromalight is another improvement in the right direction, but still nothing that will sear your retinas at night.
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Old 22 June 2016, 02:10 AM   #55
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from an applications standpoint, the only activity where dimming luminova might become a real issue is for those who actually use an explorer 2 for cave exploration...which is probably few at best.

can you imagine having to recharge your dial every so often with a flashlight while deep underground? this makes a strong case for using Indiglo.
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Old 22 June 2016, 04:43 AM   #56
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can you imagine having to recharge your dial every so often with a flashlight while deep underground? this makes a strong case for using Indiglo.
Why not? I do it in the cockpit all the time. I have a little LED squeezy light on my ID lanyard and when the lume on my watch starts to fade I just cup my hand around the light and watch and give it a squeeze (so I don't blind my self, that little sucker is bright).

It's become such a routine over the years I do it with out much conscious thought, which reinforces the OP's original complaint that clearly the lume doesn't last long enough.
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Old 22 June 2016, 04:54 AM   #57
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I guess this was my point. What are you using for your alarm in the morning, and I would imagine that it should be able to better provide the time in the dark than your watch?
We're making excuses. Yes, the Rolex also lacks an alarm, so I need the $25 solution for that as well. But that's obvious when you select the watch.

The weak lume is a surprise to a buyer, hence this thread.

C'mon, they could fix this.

And it's not like it's some romantic legacy "Ah yes, the lume only lasts a few hours, but that's because back during WWII divers didn't want to wake the squids when they were surveilling U boats" or some myth like that.
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Old 22 June 2016, 05:09 AM   #58
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Its not the best but the initial lume is great.
No complaints here.
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Old 22 June 2016, 05:19 AM   #59
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Old 22 June 2016, 06:14 AM   #60
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Lume on my Omega Seamaster is much better than any of my other watches, I don't own a Tudor yet though.
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