The best looking watch I ever saw……and I’m going to put it “if I sell that” list.
To make it even more “perfect” I would of left in the seconds hand and extended the hour/minute hand a tad more. But still…at $700, not obscenely expensive and I probably the only watch where I would wear it to stare at it! lol
Deep Blue Day/Night Diver T100
17 Tritium vials. I’ve had it for about 2 years and love it.
Whooaaa…even the screws are all aligned parallel to the glass! Beauuuutiful timepiece!
Ordered a nite HAWK 300T in carbon fiber impregnated polycarbonate with blue tritium hour markers and orange hands and bezel pip, I like it a lot, but it’s really large and I find it somewhat uncomfortable to wear. So I ordered the smaller SS cased Alpha with T100 markers. Hasn’t arrived yet… so now I’m in a dilemma. Return the HAWK or keep it?
The nite HAWK 300T
and in the dark
The incoming nite Alpha 208
and the Alpha in the dark with it’s T100 vials
To keep the Hawk, or not to keep the Hawk, that is the question… (I also bought a 316 SS band in black PVD coating to go on the Hawk, it is a semi mesh link band and really looks awesome, still have it in the package as I’m undecided what to do.
Seiko Monster Mod
That Chrono is a bit on the pricey side Spartan but with it’s feature set I may well have been seduced into purchasing one had I found it first. The ETA movement is a nice bargaining point, temperature and barometric pressure reading capability probably would have sold me…
Bought myself a Skmei 1134 Negative display in black. A G-Shock lookalike.
All the markings were a bit garish to me.
Decided to try to remove them to make it a bit more “stealthy” and get it as black as possible, but basically arsed it up. More or less ruined the glass (well, plastic) but managed to salvage it to some degree with toothpaste.
Then I got some CF vinyl which I cut out to apply to the face.
Then thought “balls to it” and gave it a good seeing to with some sandpaper, knives, files and a bit of a tap with a bolster to give it a, erm, lived in look.
So the watch is now a G-Rat.
My mates think it is horrendous but I like it. And I liked fiddling on with it.
Plus it was only £5.72 shipped.
Scuba Dude with matching t-shirt 
Got my nite Alpha yesterday. Nice watch, gonna love this one! Took it in a closet to see if I could determine whether or not it would be too bright, it has T100 Tritium vials which are 4 times brighter than the T25’s I have seen before. Seemed good, clearly visible but not obnoxious. Well, overnight I learned that it’s quite bright with night adjusted eyes! lol It easily puts a glow on my hand or the headboard from a foot or more away.
it will be half as bright in 12.3 years
i had a national semiconductor tritium LCD watch back in the 80s, it lasted about 15 years and got too faint to see any more at night
wle
I know they say the T25 can last 25 years, the T100 is said to last 50. These are from the leader in the technology, mb-technologies in Switzerland… they have now been at it for 50 years supplying Military
If you like that one, this may also grab your attention.
It hits ever single dream feature….titanium, digital data and timing, rough service, sapphire glass. Sadly, it was only issued to the German military stationed in Afganistan. I missed the boat on grabbing a few on the resale market.
I like digital date and timing because the analog will never be as accurate and easy to read. On the other hand, nothing beats analog to “scan” the time.
As for the other one you like, it is a visual treat for me. It shouts form AND function by a engineer/designer who has aesthetic taste. Look at my BLF Sabre, same thing. It looks great but it does so by also trying to solve the heat issue. I have more flashlight designs that solve, or at least try to solve heat issues of 50,000 lumens. And looks like an alien artifact in form. But sadly….
Oh well….back to watches. If I sell a big ticket item, I’m going to buy that watch.
that is probably why it is so bright now - so you can still see it in 25 or 50 years
the 12.3 years is tritium’s half life.
the watch i had - was never very bright, even when new.
wle
looks great for the price, about $19
Trusty Tissot T-Touch Titanium
I do really like this nite Alpha but would have loved it in Titanium. I’ve suggested it, and they’re coming out with blue/orange T100 Tritium vials (GTLS) in a few months so maybe they’ll consider the Ti case. Might would have to upgrade…
nite HAWK 300T dial and bezel look quite ‘busy’ in comparison to the Alpha …
If I owned both … looking at aesthetics only … I’d return the HAWK
Alpha is sleek, all business yet elegant.
Today’s wrist gear … Seiko Solar Chrono Diver …
The Seiko looks very good on that strap.
