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Online Poll for Luminescent Polaris Tribute '68 Dial
OK.. just to see what Polaris owners think about their Tribute '68 Polaris Dial..
Hopefully, JLC will consider if there are enough of owners wanting it.
To be fair - I think if JLC changes, it will ONLY BE ONE WAY ie Non Luminescent to Luminous and NO RETURN CHANGE, valid within a certain time frame.
For those who DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE - Also please fill in below so that we know how many don't want as well..
Please fill in your details:
Name (Initials or Login ID) Country Polaris no (XXX/768) Want Luminescent Indexes (Y/N)
1. eyedoc Singapore 33X/768 Yes

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well...
By: DeVille : August 17th, 2009-13:22
...I have a polaris with a non lumen dial (the 2. edition). I like how it looks in daylight but would love a full lumen at night. On the other hand - the full lumen dial (the first edition) looks nice in the dark but is (to me) to strange/dark in the dayl...
yes!
By: DeVille : August 19th, 2009-02:28
It is a diver! - and the mail point for the design of the dial, is the function of the lumen - so a non lumen dial make no sens to me... I would rather have a all white dial if it could all glow!
technically ...
By: time2tic : August 19th, 2009-07:46
the original polaris would not glow at all with indexes with tritium. The half life of tritium is 12y, the power of the glow would be today abotu 1/16th of what it was originally. nevertheless, the dial with not all indexes glowing as one would expect is ...
More technically....
By: BDLJ : August 19th, 2009-17:36
Technically, the phosphor would have been used up prior to the electrons no longer being emitted from the Tritium...The output is not directly related to the degree of decay. No phosphor, no glow... Anyway, what I meant to convey was that if one bought a ...
not right
By: Clavi : August 20th, 2009-11:20
There is no 'closest replication' acceptable if you don't get full luminous indexes... (remember: form AND function ! ) This is no excuse. I understand that there could have been "trials and errors" in the making of this watch (especially considering this...