Breitling Avenger?

ERICLEW

ERICLEW

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Does Breitling Avenger use tritium on the hands and markings like Sinn/Luminox/Ball/Traser? Thanx!:)
 
Ball, Luminox/Tracer use Tritium Vials. Where as Sinn uses Tritium paint (I think). Tritium Vials glow brightly for 10 or so years on there own with no charging, where as Tritium paint is like Super Luminova that you need to charge. I'm just guessing here but I think IF Breitling used Tritium it would be in paint form. Breitling uses both Tritium and Luminova I believe. If i'm wrong please feel free to correct me. Hope this helps!

Ryan W
 
Ryan, thanks a lot! That sure helps. I read your previous post about Trainman. I do prefer the look of it and the calendar/auto feature. But the only drawback to me is that it's not ti(only the bezel is). Otherwise the trainman will be REALLY awesome!
 
The Avenger looks like Superluminova. Glow is okay, not on par with my Seiko 200 meter (the standard in Superluminova) or my Luminox. The Avenger is a very cool looking watch very high "Gee-Whiz" factor, but thickness was too much for me.
 
Thanks a lot Copfish! So Superluminova is way brighter than tritium and last much longer right?
 
Eric, I'm not sure there's anything on par with tritium on the Avenger. I don't know what Superluminova is, but I know tritium glows on its own, for 10 years or so. The hands on the Avenger only seem to glow after being exposed to light. Maybe it's a more advanced version of that stuff I had when I was a kid - had to expose it to light for a little while before it would glow. Sorry, don't know much about the watch; just really liked the way it looked and felt on my wrist.
 
Thanks Klesk! I have to admit that the Avenger is the coolest watch I have seen. :)

They say Superluminova glows for a whole night with no problem. What about yours?
 
Good Evening All-

Superluminova has gained in popularity with the different manufacturers because it does not emit low-level radioactivity like tritium. Most brands are moving towards superluminova. Tritium can be identified because most brands often identify it with a "T" designation on the face of the watch.

Conduct a search with those two words on TimeZone and you'll see hundreds of threads.

The most important thing is to ensure that whatever luminescent material is in your watch MATCHES between the markers and indices. This is important so the level of brightness is uniform.

Regards,

~ Blue Jays ~
 
Here's a poor picture of an Omega SMP (left) and a Luminox 3001 (Bill Yao dial, right) for comparison:
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Thanks guys for the link and the pic. Now I think I'm leanning towards the Superluminova. :)
 
Superluminova fades a little bit after an hour, and then slightly more after a few more hours whereas the Tritium stays at the same brightness for a few years. However, after 12 years, the SuperLuminova will behave the same way whereas the tritium will lose half of it's brightness and is not recoverable.
 
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