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Production year and lume material on Orient Star EROM-CO CS
Need help to identify lume material on vintage Seiko
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Based on how hard they are to sell on non-watch enthusiast platforms vs. their quality and history, I'd say Hanhart 😜
More seriously I'd say Mühle though, for the Rescue-Timer alone. Archimede is a contender too.
There's lot's of cool micro brands, but I think as a watch making company you'd need a few decades of proven craftmanship to fit into this category.
I'm quite aware I'm not going to get radiation sickness or anything from wearing the watch, but the thought of inhaling Tritium dust by accident when regulating makes me not want to own Tritium watches - hence the wording in my post 🙂
I don't see the "we" you're referring to - I think it's only you making an actual guess on whether it's Tritium or not. Production years in the 90's does make it somewhat likely to be Tritium or Prometheum, but I'll gladly listen to arguments otherwise 😄
I don't see your point. Tritium is radioactive and I don't want to have radioactive materials on my arm, contained or not.
Spot on, and sounds like a healthy relationship with watches too.
I also find it difficult to justify more than 1000 euro on a watch, but I think it's a sweet spot where you can find quality and reliability that are worth servicecosts and passing on as heirlooms. Anything above that offers diminishing returns when compared to what else that amount of money can buy.
For me water resistance is more a general thing of not wanting fragile things I'd be afraid to use in everyday life. Going to work by bike, or on a hike in the forest is a regular, and so having 3 or even 5 ATM WR doesn't really give me the impression of watch built to withstand more than office work (which I also do).
Same goes for movements. I'll stick to tough and simple movements that are readily available to be repaired or replaced.
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