Traser tritium watches

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tsuba

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Hi,

Want to order a Traser "code blue", any opinions on this brand and on tritium illumination ?

Regards.
 
I love my Traser watch. I use it 5-6 days a week. It has held up very well and I really love the tritium. It's not quite as bright as some other technologies but it's always on and plenty bright enough for me.

I will warn you of this. If you send it off to get the battery changed by the 1 approved watch shop in the US it isn't cheap as they have to replace the gasket which runs $40 or so.

I know that to the watch aficionados this isn't too bad as many other watch gaskets are even more expensive. I just wanted to let you know not to expect it to cost 5 or ten dollars to get the battery changed if you want an approved shop to do it as specified by Traser.
 
Tritium is great. I owned a Traser P5900 and currently own a Traser P6500. The tritium is quite bright, not as bright as a full charged Seiko diver for example, but it is bright enough and it doesn't need to charged by light or batteries.

I think Traser is a nice brand. The only reason that I sold the P5900 is that it is a bit small, the P6500 is a bit larger. Those models are quite simple, but accurate and good. There are more expensive models too, with higher water resistance, metal bracelet, chronograph, etc, but the P6500 is good enough for me.
 
I loved my traser until they crystal cracked. Turns out thats not covered under the warranty....
 
I love tritium, I've been wearing a TSAR. I haven't had much experience with Traser but I recommend you also check out Luminox and Tawatec.
 
I have the Traser Classic Pro Automatic and it's very nice, well built and solid. The tritium is nice and bright making it easy to read at night. The poor watch sits on my desk now since I got my GSAR, makes me feel guilty..lol. If the model you're looking at is anything like mine you won't be disappointed.
 
Thanks guys,

I think I need more time to take a decision... Nawatec and Luminox was out of my scope, but now the true Questions are:
- Automatic or Quartz
- Blue, Red or Green... whatever, Tritium is cool !
 
I have a Traser Automatic Pro, blue tritium.
Great watch, keeps very accurate time for a non-quartz.
Tritium is much nicer than even the so-called "super-luma" GITD's. They fade fast and really aren't much good in nightime use. You will never be sorry you got tritium, you may be sorry if you don't!
It has a crystal back which is very cool. The blue tritium is almost as bright as the green. I know this for a fact because my friend has the green version.



If it matters to you, blue tritium cannot be seen by night vision equipment.
I choose an automatic over a quartz for a couple of reasons: First, no batteries. Mine always seem to run out at the most inopportune time. Second, one word-EMP. ‘Nuff said.

Traser is the parent company of Luminox and they manufacture the tritium vials for Luminox.

Hope this helps.
 
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Several months ago, I purchased a "KHS Navigator" and I love it. This was my first "tritium" watch and it makes for super easy reading at night...especially since my eyes are not the best.
 
Mechanical watches are great, but be aware that they require to be serviced regularly and that's a lot more expensive than just having batteries replaced. They're also less accurate than quartz watches. But if you don't mind that and don't mind adjusting the time once or twice a week, it shouldn't be a problem. I've got a few automatic Seiko's. One runs a bit fast and the other a bit slow, but that's fine with me.
 
My Ti Commander has been on my wrist everyday for about 5 years...i just changed the battery for the first time...extremely accurate...the sapphire crystal is amazing (remains scratchless)...the trits seem as bright as day one.

Awesome watch (IMO).
 
Are some folks really adjusting their automatics 1-2 times a week? I haven't touched mine since the fall time change and it is still well within COSC standards.
 
Charlie Mike said:
Are some folks really adjusting their automatics 1-2 times a week? I haven't touched mine since the fall time change and it is still well within COSC standards.
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The topic regularly pops up at the watch forums. Most automatics don't run within COSC standards. I've read reports of automatics running almost a minute a day too fast, so 7 minutes a week. I can imagine that you adjust your watch once or twice a week then.
 
Harayasu said:
Mechanical watches are great, but be aware that they require to be serviced regularly and that's a lot more expensive than just having batteries replaced. They're also less accurate than quartz watches. But if you don't mind that and don't mind adjusting the time once or twice a week, it shouldn't be a problem. I've got a few automatic Seiko's. One runs a bit fast and the other a bit slow, but that's fine with me.
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Once or twice a week?!?
Hardly.
Remind me never to buy a Seiko automatic.

I reset my time once a month, mostly because I need to reset the date for 30/31 day months.
I am usually off by about 1 minute a month. In my book, that’s not bad at all.
The accuracy of my Traser Automatic is light years better than the old mechanical watches. (Even those didn’t need to be reset twice a week. )


I’ve been wearing quartz watches practically since they first came out and used to be an accuracy freak. Heck, I still know the phone # to the Atomic Clock in Boulder from calling it so many times. In fact, before quartz watches, I had watches that used tuning forks. (Accutron) So, I am no stranger to wanting accuracy in a timepiece. After a while though, nobody gives a shit if your watch is perfectly correct or not. You find that everybody else’s clocks are wrong all the time anyway!

The whole databank genre that I used to love have been superseded by my smartphones, so there’s really no reason to have a digital quartz watch with a lot of buttons and a battery sucking light.

As far as cleaning goes, Traser recommends this every 6-10 years.
Big deal. I would have had a dead watch battery 3 to 5 times during this period using a quartz. If I pay to have batteries changed, It would come very close to the cost of having my automatic serviced, not to mention the hassle of running out of juice at very inopportune times and the time spent changing the batteries.

I love my Tritium Automatic.
 
Charlie Mike said:
Are some folks really adjusting their automatics 1-2 times a week? I haven't touched mine since the fall time change and it is still well within COSC standards.
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You own a Deep Sea Dweller right? I don't know much about anything Rolex but I'm assuming it's COSC certified. (might say "superlative chronometer" on the dial if it is)

You got lucky. I adjust mine once a week because it runs 6-10 seconds fast each day. Do you set yours down crown up or crown down when not wearing it? You may be passively regulating it and not realize it. Passive regulation can often times keep a watch running within a second or two a day.
 
bearcut said:
I reset my time once a month, mostly because I need to reset the date for 30/31 day months.
I am usually off by about 1 minute a month. In my book, that’s not bad at all.
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That's fantastic! That's 2 or 3 seconds off a day. My most accurate automatic is a Seiko diver that's 7 seconds a day fast.
 
Mine is the now discontinued 4000' Sea Dweller. I don't take it off.
 
I chose an auto because there is something appealing to me about a watch that requires my movement in order for its function. quartz watches, when opened, just look cheap and soulless to me, like some china made electronic toy guts.I've owned quartz watches made by Times, Casio, Victorianox, Wagner among others and you crack them open and they all look the same inside, plastic parts and little circuit boards. Now on the other hand, an auto has all these metal gears and intricate moving parts that are spinning and turning in unison to tell time. You can put the watch to your ear and hear the movement that is happening inside, it's just cool to me. The small amount of accuracy that is lost is worth it to me. My GSAR is just above 4 seconds a day lost, not too shabby in the auto world.

This is just my opinion and I'm not knocking quartz. They have there place in this world, it's just not on my wrist:D
 
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trevytrev said:
I chose an auto because there is something appealing to me about a watch that requires my movement in order for its function. SNIP Now on the other hand, an auto has all these metal gears and intricate moving parts that are spinning and turning in unison to tell time. You can put the watch to your year and hear the movement that is happening inside, it's just cool to me. The small amount of accuracy that is lost is worth it to me.
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All of the above and... Time does not stop/resume every second. A sweeping second hand that moves at a perceived seamless rate offers a better representation of the passing of time.

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tsuba said:
Hi,

Want to order a Traser "code blue", any opinions on this brand and on tritium illumination ?

Regards.
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Tritium is fantastic, truly the best illumination I have had experience with that isnt battery operated. The 20 odd year life span of tritium should in my opinion see the prices of watches with it as a feature reduced a tad but, its brilliant technology.Pun unintended. I have heard that they also give off a faint reading of radioactivity, could be grounds for airport problems if security in tracking technology continues to grow as it has done.
 
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