Visibility question for owners of heritage 300 and Trilogy Speedmaster

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For those who own both, or have: would you say that, in person, and onthe wrist, the hands visibility on both of these are roughly equivalent? Thanks.

 
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I can offer you a 300 Trilogy vs the Speedy comparison:

 
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I can offer you a 300 Trilogy vs the Speedy comparison:


Thanks. Any issues seeing the time in certain light conditions or angles?
 
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Thanks. Any issues seeing the time in certain light conditions or angles?
Nope, either the fauxtina lume or shining hands will make it's legible in every condition.
 
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Thanks. Any issues seeing the time in certain light conditions or angles?

Something to keep in mind is that the trilogy hand sets are totally flat and the Heritage handsets have two facets. Feel like with the Heritage the hands pretty much never turn "black" entirely but with the steel flat handsets, they can. That said, it's just a minor turn of the wrist to make the hands reflect light again so I don't think that impacts legibility.

Edit: see @eugeneandresson 's correction several posts below
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I don’t own either, but they’re beautiful looking watches. The Trilogy Railmaster too.
 
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Something to keep in mind is that the trilogy hand sets are totally flat and the Heritage handsets have two facets. Feel like with the Heritage the hands pretty much never turn "black" entirely but with the steel flat handsets, they can. That said, it's just a minor turn of the wrist to make the hands reflect light again so I don't think that impacts legibility.

Excellent point. Thanks.
 
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They look curved to my eyes in-hand ...

Not really the same as the 300 which uses high polish rhodium plating on all three hands. As you can see in the photo below, the hour hand on the 300 is actually beveled on each side and angled down from center which causes the hand to catch and reflect light in nearly every situation. The minute hand has the same high polish material that runs the length of the hand on each edge and converges to a larger area of high polish at the tip. The second hand uses the same material and even the lollipop has high polish material encircling the luminous tip.

Here’s what you will see on the 300 in very low light - the hands remain highly visible.
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Thanks for that correction!
Its one of the little things they should have done with the FOIS (and it was always one of my gripes with the old FOIS)...
 
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Its one of the little things they should have done with the FOIS (and it was always one of my gripes with the old FOIS)...

I definitely made an assumption regarding the Speedmaster 57. Can anyone confirm if the seamaster Trilogy has rounded or flat hands? @YY77 ?
 
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I definitely made an assumption regarding the Speedmaster 57. Can anyone confirm if the seamaster Trilogy has rounded or flat hands? @YY77 ?
Flat
 
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Flat
Thanks. It's interesting to me that they would be rounded on the Trilogy Speedmaster but not on the seamaster.
 
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Its one of the little things they should have done with the FOIS (and it was always one of my gripes with the old FOIS)...
The newer FOIS has flat hands as well?
 
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Thanks. It's interesting to me that they would be rounded on the Trilogy Speedmaster but not on the seamaster.
They look flat on mine