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DJs after dark...


TeeJay

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Probably not news to anyone with a DJ, but I made an interesting observation while wearing this to a wedding reception saturday evening...

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As y'all know, I'm a big fan of dive watches, due to the night-time visibility of their large lume markers, and I figured that the small lume dots of certain DJ models would not be adequate for my requirements. However, I forgot to take the watch off when I got in and just went to bed, woke up a few hours later, and when I went to check the time, I was surprised to discover that the reflection of the lume on the rehaut, served to increase the visible glow to something nearer to the size of a Planet Ocean marker, and perfectly visible :shock::Jumpy::good: As above, probably not news to anyone owning one of these watches, but maybe of help to anyone considering getting a DJ but maybe being in two minds about the lume issue... If you wear a suit on a regular basis, forget about the subs, get a DJ, the lume will be more than adequate at night :victory:

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+1 - love the DJ and the lume is quite nice on it too! It's a very, very comfortable watch :D I was surprised as well after I got mine. I didn't even realize there were lume dots on my stick dial until after I took some macro's of it.

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+1 - love the DJ and the lume is quite nice on it too! It's a very, very comfortable watch :D I was surprised as well after I got mine. I didn't even realize there were lume dots on my stick dial until after I took some macro's of it.

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They really are very understated and versatile watches, I'm certainly starting to understand their appeal :) I'd never really worn a DJ long enough in the past to really notice the effect of the lume reflecting on the rehaut, but now I have, I'm wondering if that was the original intention of the Rolex boffins :thumbsupsmileyanim:

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T, nice! Another thing that I've noticed, at least on my rep Datejust, is that it seems the "light" reflects back onto the top of the marker and instead of a dot it looks like a lit "rectangle". It's got to be the shape and angle of the actual marker, I think, as I put new "lume dots" on my Vintage Tudor dial in the same spots as the original dead stuff and all I see is "dots" at night as the markers have a different shape.

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Old Tudor:

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T, nice! Another thing that I've noticed, at least on my rep Datejust, is that it seems the "light" reflects back onto the top of the marker and instead of a dot it looks like a lit "rectangle". It's got to be the shape and angle of the actual marker, I think, as I put new "lume dots" on my Vintage Tudor dial in the same spots as the original dead stuff and all I see is "dots" at night as the markers have a different shape.

DJ:

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Old Tudor:

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Thanks, bro, it's an interesting result for sure :) Might it be because the lume on the Tudor dial is slightly further from the rehaut and at a different angle, rather than the DJ dial?

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The old Tudor dial's markers have a little indentation cut into them for the lume dot to butt against so the lume is actually touching the marker... I would post a close up but y'all would laugh at my lack of "lume skills". :whistling:

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The old Tudor dial's markers have a little indentation cut into them for the lume dot to butt against so the lume is actually touching the marker... I would post a close up but y'all would laugh at my lack of "lume skills". :whistling:

I don't have access to superlume, but if you ever want me to take a look at the lume, just let me know :)

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The Tudor really was pretty easy, just a dab at the end of th marker. It's probably the Glow, Inc. lume - it's not nearly as neat as advertised...

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