I’ve got a new mechanical watch arriving soon. It’s a pretty cheap Chinese watch so it won’t be super pretty, but it has all of the stuff I want after getting my first automatic a couple years ago. A chronograph, which I don’t know I’ll use but it will look cool, a transparent back to watch all the mechanics moving, and a (hopefully) legit sapphire crystal face cover instead of the bio-plastic one my current watch has (it’s covered in scratches).
But the real selling point for me is the tritium tubes in each hand and each point on the face. This will give them a soft glow under their own power for ~25 years, letting me tell the time in the dark!
I’ve got a new mechanical watch arriving soon. It’s a pretty cheap Chinese watch so it won’t be super pretty, but it has all of the stuff I want after getting my first automatic a couple years ago. A chronograph, which I don’t know I’ll use but it will look cool, a transparent back to watch all the mechanics moving, and a (hopefully) legit sapphire crystal face cover instead of the bio-plastic one my current watch has (it’s covered in scratches).
But the real selling point for me is the tritium tubes in each hand and each point on the face. This will give them a soft glow under their own power for ~25 years, letting me tell the time in the dark!