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Rob Mckenna
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Hi Guys/Gals
I recently bought my first Omega,which is a Seamaster 300 Co-Axial.
Which i love,but i dont think the Lume is working properly,as it only lasts a short time.
I assumed that once activated,it would self charge ?????????.
But that doesn’t seem to be the case.
I have done the usual ultra violet without great results.

any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance.

Rob

 
hronists
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What is short time? seconds, minutes? Daylight or in darkness?
 
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Rob Mckenna Rob Mckenna
Hi Guys/Gals
I recently bought my first Omega,which is a Seamaster 300 Co-Axial.
Which i love,but i dont think the Lume is working properly,as it only lasts a short time.
I assumed that once activated,it would self charge ?????????.
But that doesn’t seem to be the case.
I have done the usual ultra violet without great results.

any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance.

Rob

Just to be sure. Did you buy it in a legitimate Omega AD /OB?
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blufinz52
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YY77 YY77
OP, why did you create this thread if you already had one:

Possibly he thought he would get more info by posting in the Modern Omega Forum as recommended by efauser. I'm not sure what he means by 'self-charge'.
 
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blufinz52 blufinz52
Possibly he thought he would get more info by posting in the Modern Omega Forum as recommended by efauser. I'm not sure what he means by 'self-charge'.
His definition of short time is very different to mine if for example I'd try to hold my breath.
 
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Rob Mckenna Rob Mckenna
Hi Guys/Gals
I recently bought my first Omega,which is a Seamaster 300 Co-Axial.
Which i love,but i dont think the Lume is working properly,as it only lasts a short time.
I assumed that once activated,it would self charge ?????????.
But that doesn’t seem to be the case.
I have done the usual ultra violet without great results.

any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance.

Rob


It’ll need sunlight or ambient light for a while but that sounds about right to me. I’ve never timed mine, but I’ve also never been in a situation where I was in the dark for a couple of hours while simultaneously needing to know the time for that duration.
 
Donn Chambers
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The purpose of lume is allow you to read the watch in low light once your eyes have adjusted to the dark. This latter point is often forgotten. I have a Seamaster 300 MC, and keep it by my bedside at night. I charge it with a flashlight and it glows brightly to begin with, but it does fade aver time. However, by the morning, I can still read it, because my eyes have adjusted to the dim light.

Now, if I were to look at it after coming in from a bright room, it would look like it was not glowing at all, which is what I suspect the original poster is doing. It is, it's just too dim to make out.

In short, nothing wrong. This is how the lume works. It isn't tritium that glows at the same level no matter what.

Another issue may be that you don't see blue light as well as green. I don't know why manufacturers switched to blue lume, because green light is "brighter" to most eyes in the dark and blue is duller. I much prefer the all green lume of my old Explorer over the primarily blue on modern Omega watches.
 
Rob Mckenna
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Donn Chambers Donn Chambers
The purpose of lume is allow you to read the watch in low light once your eyes have adjusted to the dark. This latter point is often forgotten. I have a Seamaster 300 MC, and keep it by my bedside at night. I charge it with a flashlight and it glows brightly to begin with, but it does fade aver time. However, by the morning, I can still read it, because my eyes have adjusted to the dim light.

Now, if I were to look at it after coming in from a bright room, it would look like it was not glowing at all, which is what I suspect the original poster is doing. It is, it's just too dim to make out.

In short, nothing wrong. This is how the lume works. It isn't tritium that glows at the same level no matter what.

Another issue may be that you don't see blue light as well as green. I don't know why manufacturers switched to blue lume, because green light is "brighter" to most eyes in the dark and blue is duller. I much prefer the all green lume of my old Explorer over the primarily blue on modern Omega watches.
Hi Donn
Thanks for the reply.

Although i dont think i am expecting too much from my watch,once charged it glows as bright as you like(even in daylight),but very quickly it fades to almost nothing,and i fear this isn’t right,if it is then so be it, i like the watch enough to stick with it.

It’s just a shame that the Lume fades quickly.

I only want to see the time if i wake up through the night.

But all in all,the watch is beautiful
 
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If you can't see the lume in the morning, there is too much ambient light. I've seen the lume on a TAG with Luminova at about five in the morning; the watch was charged the previous evening at around nine PM. But I was in a very dark environment.
 
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Rob Mckenna Rob Mckenna
Hi Donn
Thanks for the reply.

Although i dont think i am expecting too much from my watch,once charged it glows as bright as you like(even in daylight),but very quickly it fades to almost nothing,and i fear this isn’t right,if it is then so be it, i like the watch enough to stick with it.

It’s just a shame that the Lume fades quickly.

I only want to see the time if i wake up through the night.

But all in all,the watch is beautiful

I am looking at my own watch at 9:22 PM in a dark room, but with aniPad in front of me. I can’t see the lume on the watch because the light from the iPad is too bright. But if I turn the light off and hold the watch closer, it is clear the lume is showing and I can read the watch clearly. It has only charged from ambient light. This is normal.

I think you expect it to be glowing like a torch at the same intensity as when you charge it with a flashlight. It doesn’t work that way.

the lume fades to an intensity that is visible in the dark to eyes adjusted to the dark. You should have no problem reading it throughout the night.

have you tried looking at it overnight after your eyes have adjusted?
 
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I’m reading this thread most of my watches have poor lume being vintage etc. I find I actually take out my phone and use the light of my phone to read the watch. I’m just realizing how weird that is considering the phone has the time on it.
 
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The lume on my Speedy Pro glows all through the night and I can easily read the time at say 3;30.
 
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Rob Mckenna Rob Mckenna
Hi Donn
Thanks for the reply.

Although i dont think i am expecting too much from my watch,once charged it glows as bright as you like(even in daylight),but very quickly it fades to almost nothing,and i fear this isn’t right,if it is then so be it, i like the watch enough to stick with it.

It’s just a shame that the Lume fades quickly.

I only want to see the time if i wake up through the night.

But all in all,the watch is beautiful
You should be able to see the time at night. I have the same watch and even without charging them the hands have a very slight glow that is just bright enough to be able to see them at night.
 
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