Luminox?

[speed_monkey]

I have a scratch that needs itching, in the form of either a Luminox black ops carbon:



Or the original Navy Seal:



I haven't decided which yet, so thought I'd ask if anyone has any experience with them?

The Carbon is made from..... A carbon composite (bet you couldn't have guessed that!), and the original Seal is an FRP material. So nice lightweight, sub £200 watch.

[bod27]

I have the all black one, it's very light, and the glow in the dark properties of these watches are second to none! One of the favorites in my collection 👍

[speed_monkey]

I've heard horror stories about second hands falling off?

[TobyLaRohne]

Here is mine after regular use for a year.




Read this...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Basically they look cool but they're crap.

[Stu R]

Yup, crap IMO.

Bought my old man one which fell apart during the course of 6 months light use.

[speed_monkey]

Ah...! Ok thanks for the heads up.

Looks like another G-shock then

[TobyLaRohne]

You're welcome, I can understand the appeal, as they look cool but they really are crap. Perhaps looking into another watch brand with tritum tubes might be better?

[tallstevef]

Nite watches or Traser maybe? Been looking at these myself and have done a bit of searching - is the general consensus still that the (rubber/silicone) straps on the Nite watches are a bit poor? Am rather keen on the Nite MX10...

[speed_monkey]

TBH I was going to NATO it, so the rubber strap doesn't concern me, by the numbers rubbing off does!

[dazren]

Looks good, like the glow in the dark. Had a yellow faced one on a black nato strap. Winder fell off after 9 months. Needed new internals so £40 spent with a local watch repair bloke. Watch glass steams up, back to watch bloke, still steams up etc etc etc..... Gathering dust in a drawer. Shame.

[CAPP0]

I nearly bought one, went and looked at it in the flesh and it felt & looked cheap & nasty. Seems there may have been a good reason for that going on what's been written above!