LMLE Planet Ocean Help

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Hi everyone!
Just picked up a preowned LMLE planet ocean 42mm.
Playing around with the lume and found the lume pip is green whereas the hands and indices are blue. Is this meant to be for the LMLE? Others I’ve seen online seem the pip is blue but can’t confirm from pictures. Also, when you touch the pip it feels soft - not sure if it’s been tampered with.
Thanks!

 
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I’ve only seen blue as well, that’s rather interesting
 
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Omega switched to green pips and minutes hands after this was released. I would assume someone lost their pip - these things happen - and a watchmaker replaced with the new green one.
 
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It looks odd that it doesn’t have the green minute hand to go with it though, might be worth sourcing that hand to make it look right as a mixed lume watch.
 
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I vaguely remember there was some variation on these.
 
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Hi everyone!
Just picked up a preowned LMLE planet ocean 42mm.
Playing around with the lume and found the lume pip is green whereas the hands and indices are blue. Is this meant to be for the LMLE? Others I’ve seen online seem the pip is blue but can’t confirm from pictures. Also, when you touch the pip it feels soft - not sure if it’s been tampered with.
Thanks!

POLMLE owner here - The bezel pip, regardless of colour, should not feel soft. That indicates that it’s been either replaced or someone has covered the existing pip with green lume. I was always under the impression that this was the model Omega transitioned to all blue lume, and on the next generation with the PO8500 began the transition to having a green minute hand and bezel pip. I would look at replacing the bezel rather than further modifying the hand. If the pip is soft, it means the lume wasn’t cured properly and it’s not protected, meaning there’s no telling whether it may simply wash away after repeated exposure to water. Can you perhaps share some macro photos of it in regular lighting?
 
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I have an SMPO Chrono with the 9300 movement and it's the same as the OPs. The idea is that when using a watch as your timing/nitrogen loading technology, the most important thing is the position of the minute hand and the pip (let's assume a night dive where the bezel numbers aren't obvious). Green is supposed to stand out better underwater.

My opinion is that it doesn't; blue would have been fine. But it is fun.