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5.0 out of 5 stars
A superb casual watch, March 27, 2005
The basic Luminox watch is a superb day watch. Although I am on my second one in eight years, this may be a record, as I am not gentle with watchs. The first one's crystal cracked, but the second one is driving on like a champ. Pro's- The luminous stuff on the hands and face (tritium vials) is bright. I mean really, REALLY bright. None of this hold it under a light" silliness, but wake up at three thirty in the morning and have no trouble reading it. The twelve o'clock tritium vial is orange not green, acting as an index point even in complete darkness. See remark about 0330 hrs. The bezel can be turned reasonably easily, but won't turn by itself when you are not looking. Accuracy is good. Shock resistance, overall durability is very good (damage to my first watch was purely my fault and exceeded any reasonable expectation of survival). Con's The Navy SEAL propaganda can be mildly annoying. The bezel is synthetic (plastic), and after two or three years of use starts to go smooth and the numbers start to wear off. The luminous stuff on the hands and face (tritium vials) is bright. I mean really, REALLY bright. This con is a special case. If a service member wants to wear this watch in the field, one of those watchbands with the flap to cover the face is a REALLY good idea. The synthetic strap isn't so good. I replace the watch band with a nylon/velcro one on the first day. The little compass that comes with it is a wasted effort, get a Suunto watchband compass. Same size, superior in every way. On the whole, a tremendous value for money, and when I abuse my current one beyond usefulness, I will certainly get another one.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lumi-not 3003, February 2, 2006
Reading all of the other reviews and the hype about "durable Navy Seals watch," would lead you to believe that this is the watch to buy. What a hassle this purchase has been!! First watch that was delivered was defective by having the hour hand not on the hour mark at the top of the hour. The hour hand was always a little past the hour mark when the minute hand was at 12. Also the Tritium vial in the hour hand started to delaminate after only wearing the watch for 6 days. Contacted Amazon and they referred me to ewatches the vendor that sells the watch. Ewatches at first referred me to Luminox 800# and I was in for a run-a-round. Luminox stated that since I did not buy the watch from them, I needed to talk to ewatches. Back to ewatches and finally thought I had the problem resolved when I received a replacement watch yesterday, then today the watch quit running at 7:40am this morning. Reset it and will give it a couple of days in the box before I decide to either wear it or contact ewatches and this time request a refund. And to think it all started with a $50 gift certificate from Amazon for Christmas.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A superb casual watch, October 28, 2005
The basic Luminox watch is a superb day watch. Although I am on my second one in eight years, this may be a record, as I am not gentle with watchs. The first one's crystal cracked, but the second one is driving on like a champ. Pro's- The luminous stuff on the hands and face (tritium vials) is bright. I mean really, REALLY bright. None of this hold it under a light" silliness, but wake up at three thirty in the morning and have no trouble reading it. The twelve o'clock tritium vial is orange not green, acting as an index point even in complete darkness. See remark about 0330 hrs. The bezel can be turned reasonably easily, but won't turn by itself when you are not looking. Accuracy is good. Shock resistance, overall durability is very good (damage to my first watch was purely my fault and exceeded any reasonable expectation of survival). Con's The Navy SEAL propaganda can be mildly annoying. The bezel is synthetic (plastic), and after two or three years of use starts to go smooth and the numbers start to wear off. The luminous stuff on the hands and face (tritium vials) is bright. I mean really, REALLY bright. This con is a special case. If a service member wants to wear this watch in the field, one of those watchbands with the flap to cover the face is a REALLY good idea. The synthetic strap isn't so good. I replace the watch band with a nylon/velcro one on the first day. The little compass that comes with it is a wasted effort, get a Suunto watchband compass. Same size, superior in every way. On the whole, a tremendous value for money, and when I abuse my current one beyond usefulness, I will certainly get another one.
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