"Old" hobby (watches) meets new hobby (led flashlights)

[ky70]

Hello Folks,

You guys have got me "hooked" on flashlights. I stumbled onto this wonderful site because of my watch hobby. I'm a lover of dive style watches and I started out on this flashlight quest because I heard on a few watch forums how a cheap led flashlight could charge up the luminescence properties on the watch dial. Note: luminescence = a chemical that glows used on many watch dials, especially dive watches, that allow a watch to be read/legible in conditions with little or no lighting.

I'm sure they're quite a few dive watch fans on this forum too. So I started out with a very cheap 9 led flashlights (before I found you guys) and now I have a Quark mini 123, a ITP A3, and I'm searching for my next light (a sub $50 thrower between 3.5 - 5.5 inches).

On the many watch forums, there is usually a daily pictoral thread dedicated to what watch folks are wearing that day. I was taking a few pics of my watch today and decided to let the Quark mini 123 join in. Here go some pics:

 

[cheetokhan]

Oh man, don't do this to me.
People started posting pictures of their lights along side their favorite knives and that got me looking at (and buying) cool pocket knives.
Don't get me started on watches. My wife will not be pleased

 

[brianch]

I use a handheld UV torch to charge the lum on my dive watches. You should try it out. Works much faster then standard LED spectrum. Congrats on the new hobby. It's lots of learning and lots of fun.

 

[ky70]

I use a handheld UV torch to charge the lum on my dive watches. You should try it out. Works much faster then standard LED spectrum. Congrats on the new hobby. It's lots of learning and lots of fun.

Thanks Bryan. I do have 1 uv torch and you're right, it does charge that lume up in a hurry.:thumbsup:

 

[guiri]

Ok, which one of these batteries goes in the watch? :devil:

 

[kramer5150]

Welcome to CPF!!!

Citizen, Casio and invicta are my favs... they're not terribly expensive. watch collecting is very addictive too!!

 

[Flying Turtle]

Nice watch ky70. I've also had a attraction to watches at least as long as flashlights (since about age 5). Here's something for you. Combine both. This Casio has two yellow LEDs.

Geoff

 

[recDNA]

So what's the Patek Phillippe of LED flashlights? LOL

 

[allen2oo3]

i also was/am a watch guy. nothing extravagant. wish i hadn't sold some of them

 

[BigHonu]

NICE Stowa!

 

[allen2oo3]

thanks. one of the ones that i let go but wish i hadn't. :sigh:

 

[sqchram]

Heh, well theres a 'personal gadgetry' section here where people like to talk about watches - one thread that intrigued me was this watch company that used tritium for the face numbers (I think green for all the other numbers, and orange for the 12), I forget the brand but it looked awesome

 

[recDNA]

Hey, I had one of those "Navy Seals" watches too. Loved the tritium dial. Not exactly Navy Seals tough though. One of the hands fell off mine! It's just floppin around it there now. I was thinking of ripping it apart to take out the tritium tubes to glue onto my flashlights.

 

[kramer5150]

Heh, well theres a 'personal gadgetry' section here where people like to talk about watches - one thread that intrigued me was this watch company that used tritium for the face numbers (I think green for all the other numbers, and orange for the 12), I forget the brand but it looked awesome

Ball watch Co.
http://www.ballwatch.com/

 

[ky70]

Thanks guys for sharing your great watches...here go some of my dive watches:

 

[recDNA]

Ball watch Co.
http://www.ballwatch.com/

Wow. Expensive.

 

[kramer5150]

Heres a surprise for you gents.... this Timex is one of my favs. Love the cushion case style, and dial clarity. Amazing lume too for what it cost me.

 

[sqchram]

Ball watch Co.
http://www.ballwatch.com/

Heh, I finally found it on my own, then came back here to report - should have just checked this thread first

I'm not comfortable wearing a watch, but those are just too cool looking.

 

[Robin24k]

I'm not much into watches (don't have five wrists like some of you guys ), but I happened to have a pic of my watch after being blasted by 100 lumens.

It's a Seiko 5 Automatic, SNK613.

 

[rezin23]

i also was/am a watch guy. nothing extravagant. wish i hadn't sold some of them

What watch is this?