OP, Do you have any other non superlume reps to compare it with? Most likely its better that the
I was a lume freak for a year or so and after raising my demand for luminescence i ended up buying a "superlume" watch (before i learned about tritec) i then realized what you now realize. After this i begun to relume my own watches. Even the cheaper brands of lume powder is giving better or similar lume to the watches with non tritec superlume. So im not sure what crap the watch assemblers use. In the end of this frenzy i almost bought the tritec powder at around $35/gram but at this point its safer and cheaper (depending on how you value your time) to let a experienced modder to the job.
Then i tried the GTLS way: Tritium tubes. Since there are not many manufacturers for these tubes the difference should not be that big between brands. It was a disappointment in the same range as the first superlume one. No bright glow at all compared to the better lume compounds. Sure its visible throughout the night but barely visible until your eyes adapted to the dark. Pictures showing the different lume abilities are all about photoskills.
Almost anybody can charge their lume with some uv light and snap that shining lume pic after a second, The tritium is a tad harder to capture on photo but nevertheless more about photo skills than brightness.
In my last project i lumed the tritec watch with some mid range lume. This mix could be used as a flashlight for some minutes. After charging outdoors in the sun or with the uv light it was impressive.
So. If you accept the watch and want more lume send it to one of the modders here, They will all do a better job than the ones applying lume and assembling the watch in the first place.