Traser tritium watches

Harayasu said:
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.
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Maybe I just got lucky, although my buddies Traser keeps about the same time as mine.

Perhaps the Swiss guy that assembled my movement was having a really good day!
 
I've had a Code Blue for about 2 years now. It's a great watch that keeps awesome time (it should, it's quartz). It doesn't have any features beyond telling you the time and date, but I'm OK with that. If I need a watch with bells and whistles, I just wear my T-Touch. Go for the Traser, you'll like it.

- Mark
 
I'm looking a tritium watch also but was curious to read comments about the Seiko automatic. I've owned one for over 5 years and never ever had to adjust the time. Was I just extremely lucky?
 
I don't think I'll ever buy another watch without tritium tubes. It's so handy in all low or no light situations.
 
Glenn Jones said:
I'm looking a tritium watch also but was curious to read comments about the Seiko automatic. I've owned one for over 5 years and never ever had to adjust the time. Was I just extremely lucky?
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You've worn your automatic enough to keep it running for 5 nonstop years? So you wore it a few hours each day to keep it wound and it never deviated in 5 years? I have a feeling you have a quartz, not an automatic.

Does your second hand sweep? or does it tick at once a second? If it's the latter, it's a quartz, not an automatic.
 
My old eyes find it hard to read the fine print on my Seiko watch. It's labelled as an "Arc Turn Kinetic". It's one that winds itself by the movement of my arm and there is no battery - is that automatic or quartz? I have found this Seiko to be a terrific hard wearing watch for the past five years. I have used it while doing all sorts of dirty jobs. I have knocked it around but it just keeps keeping on. If it weren't for the fact that I need a light at night to read it I would buy another. It has those luminous bits but they fade as the night wears on.

Having said that, you lot continue cost me money. After reading this thread, I have just bought another watch - this one is a Armourlite Colorbrite Tritium. I needed a hardwearing watch for working outdoors on my property and one for a reasonable price and this model appeared to suit my requirements. I bought it on an auction site where I offered a fairly low price which was accepted. I would normally be worried about buying a tritium watch from a website but I think this particular model is a fairly recent one and the battery and tritium should still have a lot of life left. Incidentally, the battery on this watch is listed as lasting for 10 years. That's a big improvement on watches made not so long ago.
 
The Seiko Kinetic is a mechanically powered quartz.

It uses the winding mechanism of an automatic to run a quartz movement.

They're commonly mistaken for an automatic but they're quartz which is why they're so accurate.
 
Glenn Jones said:
I'm looking a tritium watch also but was curious to read comments about the Seiko automatic. I've owned one for over 5 years and never ever had to adjust the time. Was I just extremely lucky?
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There is no way in the world you have any auto watch that will stay acurate for 5 years, it's just not possible. I wore a TAG Aquaracer for a few years non-stop and I would set that once a week, that watch would lose ~5 seconds a day and that's actually not too bad.

I have TAG, Marathon, Breitling and Rolex autos and they all lose or gain time in just 24 hours never mind 5 years.
 
Haze said:
There is no way in the world you have any auto watch that will stay acurate for 5 years, it's just not possible. I wore a TAG Aquaracer for a few years non-stop and I would set that once a week, that watch would lose ~5 seconds a day and that's actually not too bad.

I have TAG, Marathon, Breitling and Rolex autos and they all lose or gain time in just 24 hours never mind 5 years.
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I questioned that also and it turns out he owns a Seiko Kinetic model which is a quartz.
 
Traser is a great watch.I will post a pic of the one my 13 yo has been wearing for the last couple years,if it made it through what he puts a watch through it will make it through anything.His Grandmother is getting him a Casio atomic Gshock for Christmas and somehow I don't think it will make it 6 months.
From age 8 to 12 he took better care of his things than I took care of mine but as soon as the hormones hit he has fell apart.
 
I have a quartz movement Traser and like it a lot. Got it because I needed a watch with a lit second hand for checking patient's pulses in poor lighting, and the tritium excels at that.
 
I have had a Traser (unsure of model but it's all SS) on my wrist for the past 7 years.
Only time it has been off my wrist was when the battery ran out, and I put my old timex on for a week.

I hated the timex, if I wanted to check the time I had to press a button, - the traser I just need to glance at
 
Harayasu said:
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.
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The one on the right is a SandY 490 manual wind. The last time I checked it with time.gov it had gained 17 seconds in 14 days. :eek: I've owned a number of high end watches over the years and this >$100 beater is more accurate than any of them.

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I have a St. Moritz Aquamatic its an automatic watch and I do have to set it once a week to correct the time. I just had mine in for the 2 year service and it was about $200 with shipping and all so if you do get an automatic watch you must be prepared to pay for it. when its new or right after it has been serviced it will run fast. they initially set them fast so as the oil gets old and thicker then come back to correct time and when its gets too slow its about time for service again. all good watches will have a sapphire Crystal. sapphire crystal is almost as hard as a diamond and is very strong... yet very expensive. I was going to buy a Traser watch until I found the Aquamatic and there night glow stuff is very very bright and stays that way for a long time its so bright you can see if glowing outside in the noon day sun.

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I'm still learning about watches and have some questions. From a beginner's point of view, why would you buy a tritium automatic watch. From my understanding, a good automatic watch is a bit like an heirloom. It will last for a long time. However, tritium has a use by date. The two don't appear compatible to my beginner's logic.

Crackerjax, is the St Moritz able to be read all night like a tritium, or does it fade after a few hours of darkness like many luminous dials?
 
Glenn Jones said:
I'm still learning about watches and have some questions. From a beginner's point of view, why would you buy a tritium automatic watch. From my understanding, a good automatic watch is a bit like an heirloom. It will last for a long time. However, tritium has a use by date. The two don't appear compatible to my beginner's logic.

Crackerjax, is the St Moritz able to be read all night like a tritium, or does it fade after a few hours of darkness like many luminous dials?
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Tritium will still have a ok glow even after 25 years,25% of its original brightness.You can have the trit tubes replaced also.
 
Glenn Jones said:
I'm still learning about watches and have some questions. From a beginner's point of view, why would you buy a tritium automatic watch. From my understanding, a good automatic watch is a bit like an heirloom. It will last for a long time. However, tritium has a use by date. The two don't appear compatible to my beginner's logic.

Crackerjax, is the St Moritz able to be read all night like a tritium, or does it fade after a few hours of darkness like many luminous dials?
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I can still read it after 8 hrs in darkness when I get up in the AM its very very long lasting.
 
I wouldn't blow ~$500 on a quartz watch that has big numbers that glow well in the dark. That seems more 14 year old than buying a gshock.

get yourself a nice automatic, they can be found for $500
 
monger4142 said:
I wouldn't blow ~$500 on a quartz watch that has big numbers that glow well in the dark. That seems more 14 year old than buying a gshock.

get yourself a nice automatic, they can be found for $500
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A great entry auto is the Seiko 200m (SKX007K1) for under $185. Very tough. I bought one before I deployed and wore it every day for 3 years with no problems. This watch satisfies all my minimum requirements... Auto with at least a day of reserve power, must have a screw down crown and rate to at least 200 meters, and last... be common enough that most watchmakers have prior experience.
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Seiko's are great watches and really affordable. I'm a big fan of the Seiko diver watches.

Here's my SKX023, a mid-size diver, since my wrists aren't very big.

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