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·Aside from the bright, what’s the right color for the lume?
Mine (and I see others) is more light green. But a guy who recently have bought a NTTD show me his one, and it looks very blue.
NTTD Seamaster 300 D
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PandaSPUR
·Aside from the bright, what’s the right color for the lume?
Mine (and I see others) is more light green. But a guy who recently have bought a NTTD show me his one, and it looks very blue.
Different cameras and auto white balance settings will portray the colors differently. As long as yours is blue + green, you're good. dont worry about the shade of it.
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cuonglm
·Different cameras and auto white balance settings will portray the colors differently. As long as yours is blue + green, you're good. dont worry about the shade of it.
Yeah, I don’t worry about the shade. I just want to know which is the right color.
I attached the pictures of mine and the other, you can see the numbers of me looks more green-like, the other looks very blue.
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PandaSPUR
·Not the NTTD but my 60th photographs more similarly to your NTTD. Not a huge difference between the blue and green, my phone's camera actually makes the difference more apparent than in real life.
Yours image just looks more desaturated overall.
Try taking a pic in a room with warm lighting and charge the lume with a flashlight. Ill bet that'll produce a more vivid looked result.
Yours image just looks more desaturated overall.
Try taking a pic in a room with warm lighting and charge the lume with a flashlight. Ill bet that'll produce a more vivid looked result.
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!The current 4th Gen Seamaster SMP range have very pretty lume but it is a fact that it isn't particularly bright, on the hands at any rate, on any of the current models. As already seen in this thread, Omega can get it right when they try since the Sword hand models such as the 2254, 2255, 2230 etc have a very readable long lasting glow which doesn't need additional charging to make it usable. It really isn't practical to have to wave a UV torch at your watch when you go to bed so I don't see that as a viable option personally.
Seiko can give you night long usable lume for a couple of hundred bucks so the current situation is likely down to aesthetic choices of more fashionable (but less effective) lume colour and the skeleton hands design, which while bigger than in previous generations just don't glow as brightly as sword hands.
Seiko can give you night long usable lume for a couple of hundred bucks so the current situation is likely down to aesthetic choices of more fashionable (but less effective) lume colour and the skeleton hands design, which while bigger than in previous generations just don't glow as brightly as sword hands.
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·The skeletonized hands were a no-go for me and I ended up trading the NTTD. Not so much for the lume, but just general legibility in less than ideal light. Other than that, I loved the watch, especially on a nylon strap...extremely light.
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!P pbrobThe skeletonized hands were a no-go for me and I ended up trading the NTTD. Not so much for the lume, but just general legibility in less than ideal light. Other than that, I loved the watch, especially on a nylon strap...extremely light.
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·I couldn't get on with the bracelet personally. I think the clasp triple layer thickness is just plain bad design. I am surprised that either Omega or Staib who manufacture it thought this was a good solution. Other Staib mesh designs are much more slick and have much thinner clasps. I assume the steel bracelet on the 60th is the same. If so I guess I would hate that too.
I've recently received the Longines x Hodinkee Spirit Zulu time and I think it's going to scratch my titanium watch itch and it fits far better in my collection (GMT travel watch that flies a bit under the radar). I really don't need a dive watch, but water resistance for any and all water activities I might find myself in is important.
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·I couldn't get on with the bracelet personally. I think the clasp triple layer thickness is just plain bad design. I am surprised that either Omega or Staib who manufacture it thought this was a good solution. Other Staib mesh designs are much more slick and have much thinner clasps. I assume the steel bracelet on the 60th is the same. If so I guess I would hate that too.
And why I would only get it on the NATO and wear it that way if I bought one -- looks way better as well, IMO.
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pbrob
·And why I would only get it on the NATO and wear it that way if I bought one -- looks way better as well, IMO.
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!P pbrob...I've recently received the Longines x Hodinkee Spirit Zulu time and I think it's going to scratch my titanium watch itch and it fits far better in my collection (GMT travel watch that flies a bit under the radar). I really don't need a dive watch, but water resistance for any and all water activities I might find myself in is important.
I'm a big fan of the Longines Spirit range, it's a lot of watch for the money and am in fact wearing a silver dial 40mm 3 hand model right now. Sapphire crystal, 70 hour power reserve, free sprung balance with silicon hairspring. If this was branded as Omega it would be 2-3x the sticker price:
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·I'm a big fan of the Longines Spirit range, it's a lot of watch for the money and am in fact wearing a silver dial 40mm 3 hand model right now. Sapphire crystal, 70 hour power reserve, free sprung balance with silicon hairspring. If this was branded as Omega it would be 2-3x the sticker price:
I had a predilection to the colored bezel on the standard Zulu Time in 39mm, but the cleaner dial of the Hodinkee version. And the titanium made this one a no-brainer. In addition to the weight, the titanium is a bit darker than steel and gives off a more subdued appearance. And in some lighting even gives off a copper look.
The biggest downside to me with Longines is the 21mm lug width.
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