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Thanks for this post, Andrew! You might be interested ....

 

... in a short article on the issue of watch luminosity, which I wrote some time ago:

ulyssenardin.watchprosite.com

Several months before, I had conducted a luminosity test:



You can read about it here:

ulyssenardin.watchprosite.com

You correctly stated that the natural state SL, designated C3, is the most efficient luminous agent. Many people believe that the bright white C1 should be shining brighter, since it is white. However, that one has a composition different from all C3 derivates (most colour-tinted SuperLuminova paints are based on C3, mixed with colour pigments), and is inferiour to the latter in every respect. So for optimum luminosity performance one should always prefer the typically light-green C3 SL on a watch dial; the thicker it is applied there, the better.

Regards,
Marcus

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Super duper Lumi Nova

 
By: AndrewD : July 30th, 2009-22:59
Hi All, Following a recent stream of posts I went looking for some information on Super-LumiNova® and thought I would share what I found with you. In general glow-in-the-dark pigments are either "self-luminous" or "phosphorescent" (sometimes called photo-...  

Andrew, great idea!

 
By: DRMW : July 30th, 2009-23:23
Hello Andrew! Great idea to post our favorite lume shots, although it's a old pic it's still one of my favorites: -MW...  

Enlightening post, Andrew! :-)

 
By: dxboon : July 31st, 2009-02:40
My lume shot isn't on par with yours or MW's, but here it is anyhow. I learn something new from PPro everyday! Cheers, Daos My attempt at film noir lighting....  

Great technical post, Andrew!

 
By: amanico : July 31st, 2009-03:23
Very interesting to see and ( try to ) get how it works, and the different colors which can be used for our dials. A post to save! Best, Nicolas

Thanks for this post, Andrew! You might be interested ....

 
By: Marcus Hanke : July 31st, 2009-10:49
... in a short article on the issue of watch luminosity, which I wrote some time ago: ulyssenardin.watchprosite.com Several months before, I had conducted a luminosity test: You can read about it here: ulyssenardin.watchprosite.com You correctly stated th...  

Beat me to the punch!

 
By: glickman : July 31st, 2009-13:08
I was just searching for my Dreadnought lume shot! Here's one of my Dornblüth 99.2:...  

That’s brilliant, Marcus (pardon the pun) …

 
By: AndrewD : July 31st, 2009-17:25
I must have missed these and the information is fantastic. Thanks for the links and for those write-ups. Andrew

Ze Lume - Zhot

 
By: bimbeano : July 31st, 2009-12:09
Hi Lumers, this is the best i can do .... for now ... still getting used to my "new" camera .... Cheerio ... Filip...  

Get a Wood’s lamp …

 
By: AndrewD : July 31st, 2009-17:31
Check out the effect with a black light or UV light. Filip. You can charge up even quite dull luminous dials. A

Scary !!!!

 
By: bimbeano : July 31st, 2009-15:11
This thing looks like an evil UFO coming for me and do some nasty stuff to my body ... This is a very cool and intriguing picture .... am i the only one out here ? Greetz, Filip

Thanks, Andrew, very informative

 
By: SteveG : July 31st, 2009-16:57
and on a subject we all seem to encounter but is little understood. Here a few of my favorite lumies: Citizen Super Tough: Mark II 50 Fathoms homage: real Blancpain FF: ever-popular Polerouter: Stowa Kriegsmarine deck chronometer: St. Gallen, of course!...