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Are Luminox watches prestigious?
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Date: April 10th, 2026 11:04 PM Author: Anhedonic Anaconda Are there any cool affordable soviet era watches? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2...#49809892) |
Date: April 10th, 2026 11:05 PM Author: peeface there are some that are okay.
but personally i've adopted a policy of not buying watches that are worth less than the cost of routine servicing. |
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Date: April 10th, 2026 11:09 PM Author: Anhedonic Anaconda Is it hard to service a watch yourself? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2...#49809906) |
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Date: April 10th, 2026 11:27 PM Author: peeface it takes a time and practice to learn. a few burner watches to experiment with. a moderate outlay on equipment and supplies. hunting for parts. and a lot of patience.
unless you want to take it up as a serious hobby, it probably isn't worth it.
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Date: April 10th, 2026 11:20 PM Author: Nyolent Vigor I've got one
The lights are fun for a while but they die out over time |
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Date: April 10th, 2026 11:39 PM Author: scholarship They’re 180. I like to get beater divers and wear them 24/7 until they are just beat to shit. I got one and took it 100ft+ on several dives and wore it until the old australian waterborne band started falling apart. Still have it but it eats batteries because it needs a service. And now I’ve moved on to cheap mechanical dive watches. But I have 2 distinct memories of the luninox glow, one was a girl remarking on how bright it was at night, and another about how bad that watch band smelled. I literally never took it off for years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2...#49809950) |
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Date: April 11th, 2026 12:48 AM Author: Anhedonic Anaconda I don't know anything about watches, but I think they look cool. $300-$400 seems reasonable for a watch every 4-5 years.
I saw another brand called Marathon that looked cool. Still researching though. |
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Date: April 11th, 2026 12:00 AM Author: TurboGrafx-67 If I wanted Tritium I would get Ball
But if you compare the best tritium to luminous C3 or BGW9 in the dark, you would never even consider tritium again
That's before factoring in the half life and replacement/service cost
Tbh I bought like 6 watches in the last few months (4 Swiss autos) and never even heard of Luminox.
They seem fine aesthetically but their value proposition is ambiguous. Is it just a Swiss Army watch with tritium?
Regardless it seems too high maintenance and bulky for a purpose driven "first responder" watch
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Date: April 11th, 2026 12:50 AM Author: Anhedonic Anaconda I've never heard of Ball, but I'll look it up. I feel like a lot of these watches all kind of look the same basically. I'm not a collector and just want to wear something that isn't a faggy Apple watch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2...#49810013) |
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Date: April 11th, 2026 1:16 AM Author: TurboGrafx-67 Ball is positioned as over engineered field/tool watch and priced for collectors
Vaer (made in USA competitor of Luminox) and Farer (made in UK competitor of Luminox) are closer comparisons
Or one of the Christopher Ward lumiere dive watches
Honestly just go to Japan get a preowned Omega for a huge discount. Service it with Omega back to mint condition and it'll be under their warranty again |
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Date: April 11th, 2026 1:26 AM Author: Anhedonic Anaconda I like the Omega idea. Always wanted to go to Japan. A friend has a seamaster and it always catches my eye.
EDIT: Holy shit, I had no idea they cost that much. How much are they in Japan? |
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Date: April 11th, 2026 1:34 AM Author: TurboGrafx-67 A used Speedmaster that would be like $5-6k here would be $2.5-3k in Japan and no sales tax iirc, just wear it on the plane
It's not gonna meaningfully depreciate beyond that once you're back here |
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Date: April 11th, 2026 1:36 AM Author: Anhedonic Anaconda TY brother. Going to look into doing this. Savings could offset a decent part of the trip. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2...#49810038) |
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Date: April 11th, 2026 1:50 AM Author: TurboGrafx-67 Everything is cheaper there man
A $50 meal at a nice steakhouse in Japan be over $100 here before tax and tips (and they don't accept tips)
My neighbor took his family to Japan for Disney because he priced out Orlando and it was like $2-3k more all in before you even factored in food and other bullshit costs |
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Date: April 11th, 2026 2:05 AM Author: Anhedonic Anaconda 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2...#49810048) |