vlydog Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I must say that I am extremely happy with my bk/WM9 sub. I went a step further with a gen insert, crown and a silky smooth TW's best bracelet. There is one area of slight concern that I am hoping some of you who own a gen 16610 may help me with. In the daylight, the lume color on the indexes appear to have a slight greenish tint to them. The gen pearl seems to be much whiter. Should the correct non-glowing lume color be white? Thank you, vlydog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clkcadet Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Hope this helps, I have a wm9 sub and a gen Daytona. When the lume is not glowing it is in fact very white and no shades of green to be seen on the gen. Maybe its a little dark right now, but Ive never seen a greenish tint to my lume on my gen daytona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 You are right about it.... I've noticed that on mine too.... Also the Hands are not really white..... I don't think they apply really Superluminova on Markers and Hands.... When you look under blacklight the hands have also a different lume color.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Well, maybe I missunderstand the question ?!? All the gen dials I have had are turning green when coming back from daylight to a sligthly shadowed area. But the markers are totaly white when in daylight. This is the case with Luminova but I can't say about Superluminova. Seen on a 16610, 16710, 16570 As for the pearl and hands, well they are wither indeed though greenish too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestripes Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 There is C1 and C3 lume. From my understanding, C1 is very white in the daylight, but doesn't glow as well as C3, which is slightly greenish in the light. Both are superluminova. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungpow79 Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 I've definitely noticed this on my WM9 Sub. I have a Gen insert and pearl and the pearls lume is certainly more white. I think whitestripes is right, C1 vs C3. Pretty minor and I'm not certain it's really even a flaw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungpow79 Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Here's an image of a Z series Gen Sub: I know it's a photo and hard to be sure but the pearl looks much whiter than the markers and hands to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member X Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 If the OP is saying that the WM9 dial markers are a bit greener in the light than the gen pearl, could it be that there is a larger amount of lume applied to the WM9 markers therefore they are giving off more glow in the daylight than the gen? Or is that just being hopeful... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCrown Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 I think I can add in here. On the forum, there is a lot of emphasis on 'glowing like a torch' luminous. The concentration of luminous material is not used in genuine watches because it makes the markers appear to be the wrong color in normal light. The Rolex Submariner markers should look white in daylight and glow green (or blue if it is a Deep Sea or 2010 submariner model) in the dark. In the natural light of your home or office, they are not designed to make the markers appear green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 So to summarize: forum people are so obsessed with lume brightness that the Factory used a brighter lume than even the Gen uses, and thus it is minutely green in daylight. So as the wise man said .. be careful what you wish for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakemaster Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 You got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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