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Are Luminox watches prestigious?

Are there any cool affordable soviet era watches?
Unistrut
  04/10/26
there are some that are okay. but personally i've adopte...
peeface
  04/10/26
Is it hard to service a watch yourself?
Unistrut
  04/10/26
it takes a time and practice to learn. a few burner watches ...
peeface
  04/10/26
I've got one The lights are fun for a while but they die ...
Nyolent Vigor
  04/10/26
They’re 180. I like to get beater divers and wear them...
scholarship
  04/10/26
I don't know anything about watches, but I think they look c...
Unistrut
  04/11/26
If I wanted Tritium I would get Ball But if you compare t...
TurboGrafx-67
  04/11/26
I've never heard of Ball, but I'll look it up. I feel like a...
Unistrut
  04/11/26


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Date: April 10th, 2026 11:04 PM
Author: Unistrut

Are there any cool affordable soviet era watches?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2#49809892)



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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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2#49809897)



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Date: April 10th, 2026 11:09 PM
Author: Unistrut

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.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2#49809941)



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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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2#49809930)



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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: Unistrut

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2#49810012)



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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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5855944&forum_id=2#49809977)



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Date: April 11th, 2026 12:50 AM
Author: Unistrut

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)