turbox7 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Been diligently doing my homework on the Blacksteel rep but haven't seen any lume shots or any review of the lume on this rep. Can anyone provide some info? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hi Turbox7, I have had 2 of those in my hands, and have to say, the rep lume is just the standard rep lume like other standard Breitling replica's with A7750. The lume won't too expensive I guess. just a few dots on the dial, the hour and minute hand and the chrono sec. hand. Will be around 100-120 usd I estimate. Very much worth while and you will have a super rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2000 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 the lume on the rep isn't that great..i had my lumed by The Zigmeister and looks 150% better...i had to ship it back for some minor repairs but once i get it back, i will take some pics of it!.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerthat Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 2 things to consider here: Major 1 is that the lume even on the gen is not going to glow from across the room, the lume dots are very small so they are not going to be very bright or obvious. The rep is like most Breitling reps, the lume is poor but it is in the proper color, some Breitling reps are lumed in a wrong shade on the hands and/or dial. Based on how much it would glow or the color I would not pay the money to relume it. 2nd Factor to consider is the lume dots are not perfectly applied on the dial. This is the main reason that I or most members would pay $100 - $150 to get this watch relumed. This is more the point the relume would fix the allignment of the dots, which is OK compared to some other rep watches but sloppy compared to the gen. Don't think you are paying this money so your Black Steel will glow like an Xmas tree it is not meant to do that you would be paying to make the watch more accurate and gen like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru1 Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 just standart rep lume, if you charge it up you can see the time after 4h, not more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I can easily read the time on my Skyland after 6 or 7 hours. Surprising, because the initial glow is very weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 after Ziggy relumed my black Bird .. you can see it from across the room... if you are going to relume the dial... you may as well get the sub hands and the chrono (tip) repainted.. to match the inner bezel red, which is the proper (red)colour.. the hands have too much orange in them .. just like the SMP chrono did (I say 'did' as past tense ... since Ziggy repainted them to match the markers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promotersf Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Getting The Zigmeister to do a relume not only gives you a good superlume, but FIXES the misaligned lume dots...well worth the cost when you're dealing with an amazing rep like this one. Very happy with mine, only wish I knew about the repainting of the red hands before I sent mine to Rob, but now that it's back...love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Blacksteel lume is probably the worse of all the Skylands. Relume is necessary, in only, for correction purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWG Technical Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 only wish I knew about the repainting of the red hands before I sent mine to Rob, but now that it's back...love it. Me too...I only found out after yours was on the way home that the hands weren't the correct colour... RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promotersf Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Thanks Rob, my BS is awesome regardless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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