G-Shock that glows at all times?

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oguruma

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Alright, I am a bit of a watch-n00b, so bare with me. I have had a G-Shock G2900 that I have had for the last year or so. It has held up extremely well. It has given me a year of everyday wear as an active duty soldier (and I don't exactly push paper or otherwise sit behind a desk) and it actually still looks pretty damn near new! I want to get my hands on another G-shock watch. The features that I want are the normal stopwatch/timer, as well as global time, but I also want one that glows at all times. There may be a name for that feature, but I want one that glows constant if that is possible. I know that most G-shocks have the feature that illuminates the watch face when you tilt it to a certain angle, but I find that that sometimes doesn't for me with the way that I sometimes tilt my watch to view it.

Any of you watch gurus have a suggestion?
 
some have a black faced lcd screen, so the numbers are lighter than the rest. this may give you the effect you are looking for.

it doesn't exactly "glow", but the reversed colors make it appear brighter during the day.

as far as continuous luminescence, you would need trit tubes or similar. but then during daylight it would not appear to be glowing.
 
There are analog/digital watches with luminous hands and dial, but it sounds like you want a digital display that glows all the time. There's no such thing -- if there were it would go through batteries in no time.
 
Even the solar powered ones have a battery in them (the light charges the battery).

I had to replace the battery on one of my tough-solars and it was over $50 because it's a special battery.

I found that if I keep it in the drawer when I'm not using it the battery lasts longer because it 'sleeps' when it's in the dark.
 
Luminox glow bright all though the night. They don't use up batteries. However It's not a G-shock and it's not digital. No bells and whistles but a great watch.
 
yea none of them are lit the entire time.

if you want more options for lume, there's this company that's getting reasonable reviews called "lumetec." apparently they use some photoluminescent material, not dissimilar to the common "luminova," but may provide longer-lasting glow. they have one model where the entire face is "lumed," so at night the whole dial glows. basically, copious amounts of lume-paint to help create a longer lasting, or brighter, or both, glowing effect.

i never owned one so i only know what i've read. i know you are looking for g-shock toughness, and this ain't a gshock. but maybe something to look into?

http://www.lum-tec.com

good luck!
 
The problem with lume paint is that it will only glow all night if you charge it up with a UV flashlight or a high lumen flashlight/light source(eg sun, desk lamp), but if you do have access to a light source then you probably can already see the time.....If it's just partially charged from houselights and such, it won't last long at all.

Tritium tube watches are probably what you need, but I don't know any that have a stopwatch and global time, they don't glow very bright but I can tell the time when I wake up in pitch darkness without my glasses.
 
I would go for a Luminox or if you don't mind spending a bit more go for a Marathon GSAR (I use a GSAR as my beater watch and have nothing but good things to say). I also personaly prefer an analog dile to a digital one so they are easy for me to like.

The GSAR and luminox watches both have tritium viles on the hands and hour markers, they also glow bright enough to see easily. As for world time, just set your watch to the time zone you have entered. If you need a stop watch you can use the rotating bezel on dive style watches (like the GSAR and Luminox) to count minutes and hours, it's not perfect or super acurate but still good enough for trying to calculate pace etc.
 
On the cheaper end, you can look into the Timex watches that have "Flix". Basically, you snap your wrist and it lights up.
 
Some Pro Treks from Casio light up when you tilt them toward your face if you turn that feature on. I know mine does.
 
oguruma said:
Alright, I am a bit of a watch-n00b, so bare with me. I have had a G-Shock G2900 that I have had for the last year or so. It has held up extremely well. It has given me a year of everyday wear as an active duty soldier (and I don't exactly push paper or otherwise sit behind a desk) and it actually still looks pretty damn near new! I want to get my hands on another G-shock watch. The features that I want are the normal stopwatch/timer, as well as global time, but I also want one that glows at all times. There may be a name for that feature, but I want one that glows constant if that is possible. I know that most G-shocks have the feature that illuminates the watch face when you tilt it to a certain angle, but I find that that sometimes doesn't for me with the way that I sometimes tilt my watch to view it.

Any of you watch gurus have a suggestion?
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Sounds like you're referring to tritium, like the Cammenga lensatic compass uses. I haven't seen any watch with that feature. Personally, I like the basic Timex with Indiglo push-button light.
 
oguruma said:
Alright, I am a bit of a watch-n00b, so bare with me. I have had a G-Shock G2900 that I have had for the last year or so. It has held up extremely well. It has given me a year of everyday wear as an active duty soldier (and I don't exactly push paper or otherwise sit behind a desk) and it actually still looks pretty damn near new! I want to get my hands on another G-shock watch. The features that I want are the normal stopwatch/timer, as well as global time, but I also want one that glows at all times. There may be a name for that feature, but I want one that glows constant if that is possible. I know that most G-shocks have the feature that illuminates the watch face when you tilt it to a certain angle, but I find that that sometimes doesn't for me with the way that I sometimes tilt my watch to view it.

Any of you watch gurus have a suggestion?
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It seems you are looking for a analog-digital watch which uses trititum tubes in the analog part (hands and markers on the dial). I know there are several brands that sell analog watches with tritium tubes, like KHS, Traser and Luminox, but as far as I know they don't make analog-digital watches yet.

Casio has a number of analog-digital watches, also G-Shocks, but I don't have one and don't know how the lume is on the hands and markers.
 
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