flownosaj
Flashlight Enthusiast
Well, I feel that a week and a half is sufficient time to evaluate my birthday present, an all titanium Luminox diver model number 3602.
I've never been a fan of the all metal watches and bands. Usually they are too heavy and clunky, but I was advised that I would be happier with this vs. some of the others I was looking at.
While this watch may be on the large size, it is much lighter than steel counterparts. It may be a little larger than I would reall want, but I think I'm starting to like the ease of reading the larger face. It carries well on the wrist; just enough weight to let you know it's still there. It may not be as light as it's plastic and nylon counterparts, but this is bulletproof.
Speaking of toughness, I've already had the opportunity to bang this watch around...by accident of course. The crystal took an impact that I'm sure would have damaged some lesser watches--crystal first into the edge of a steel table while helping a scrub tech set up an OR room in a hurry. Not even a scratch.
Scratches, if you could even call them that, on the rest of the watch is another story. Through daily abuse, I've managed to make some wear spots on the clasp and a few spots on the band. Nothing obvious to most people who aren't trying to identify blemishes. The great thing is that either the whole thing will eventually wind up with an even look or I can be OC about it and take metal polish to it every month. I'll go for an even 'brushed' look.
Timekeeping--I set it to my atomic wall clock on the first day and 12 days later it seems to be 1.5-2 seconds ahead. This may be user error, so I'll set it again after the clock calibrates and I'll and edit this post in a few weeks.
Yes I'm anal about little things like 1 second off. even though most people's watches and even the clocks at the hospital are within a minute or two, I feel happy knowing that I know EXACTLY what time it is.
Tritium vials--This model comes with green vials directly on the face with no coverings. Green vials on white hands and a green dot on the bezel. The 12 0'clock position has a double vial. I think these work fine and give off plenty of light for their size. One your eyes are dark adapted, there's no problem reading the watch at all.
I may have one gripe--I feel that using another color or two on this model would have been nice. Maybe blue for the hour hand, red for the minute or something for the 12 o'clock...
Waterproof--it says it's good to 200 meters--I most likely am not. I've had it in the sink and the shower, and unless I get a free trip to Hawaii, I'm not going to have a chance to take it diving anytime soon.
Price--The retail for this thing is $500 if bought at most big name places. Like most things in life, if it can be found on the internet, you'd be a fool to pay retail. I bought mine from Howard at BulldogEnterprises.com for just a little over half of the retail price. I could have gotten it a little cheaper, but he is an authorized dealer and if I have any problems, I'm covered.
If I would have gone the cheap route, aka gray market, whatever is broken is fixed at my expense.
Here's an image I stole since I don't have a digital camera. Looks like mine except for the titanium looks a little more gray. Probably a flash or color correction problem in the photo.
Any questions, post them here or PM me and I'll respond as best as I can.
-Jason
I've never been a fan of the all metal watches and bands. Usually they are too heavy and clunky, but I was advised that I would be happier with this vs. some of the others I was looking at.
While this watch may be on the large size, it is much lighter than steel counterparts. It may be a little larger than I would reall want, but I think I'm starting to like the ease of reading the larger face. It carries well on the wrist; just enough weight to let you know it's still there. It may not be as light as it's plastic and nylon counterparts, but this is bulletproof.
Speaking of toughness, I've already had the opportunity to bang this watch around...by accident of course. The crystal took an impact that I'm sure would have damaged some lesser watches--crystal first into the edge of a steel table while helping a scrub tech set up an OR room in a hurry. Not even a scratch.
Scratches, if you could even call them that, on the rest of the watch is another story. Through daily abuse, I've managed to make some wear spots on the clasp and a few spots on the band. Nothing obvious to most people who aren't trying to identify blemishes. The great thing is that either the whole thing will eventually wind up with an even look or I can be OC about it and take metal polish to it every month. I'll go for an even 'brushed' look.
Timekeeping--I set it to my atomic wall clock on the first day and 12 days later it seems to be 1.5-2 seconds ahead. This may be user error, so I'll set it again after the clock calibrates and I'll and edit this post in a few weeks.
Yes I'm anal about little things like 1 second off. even though most people's watches and even the clocks at the hospital are within a minute or two, I feel happy knowing that I know EXACTLY what time it is.
Tritium vials--This model comes with green vials directly on the face with no coverings. Green vials on white hands and a green dot on the bezel. The 12 0'clock position has a double vial. I think these work fine and give off plenty of light for their size. One your eyes are dark adapted, there's no problem reading the watch at all.
I may have one gripe--I feel that using another color or two on this model would have been nice. Maybe blue for the hour hand, red for the minute or something for the 12 o'clock...
Waterproof--it says it's good to 200 meters--I most likely am not. I've had it in the sink and the shower, and unless I get a free trip to Hawaii, I'm not going to have a chance to take it diving anytime soon.
Price--The retail for this thing is $500 if bought at most big name places. Like most things in life, if it can be found on the internet, you'd be a fool to pay retail. I bought mine from Howard at BulldogEnterprises.com for just a little over half of the retail price. I could have gotten it a little cheaper, but he is an authorized dealer and if I have any problems, I'm covered.
If I would have gone the cheap route, aka gray market, whatever is broken is fixed at my expense.
Here's an image I stole since I don't have a digital camera. Looks like mine except for the titanium looks a little more gray. Probably a flash or color correction problem in the photo.
Any questions, post them here or PM me and I'll respond as best as I can.
-Jason
