Crown Lumes. Are you a fan? Yes/No and why?
The next two watches in production at NSB Watch are the Apollo and the Canaveral. Both are automatic timepieces and I decided that both should have lumed crowns because…why not? the side view watch pictured is the Apollo, and I’ll discuss more about it in a future post.
So, what are your thoughts, if any, on crowns with Lumes?
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Matteo
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Craziness! I didn't even know that could be a thing!
Well I’m glad I inadvertently taught you something lol
personally I would avoid unsealed lumed crown watches as they would age quite poorly. unless they somehow got glass or something over it to protect it from use
personally I would avoid unsealed lumed crown watches as they would age quite poorly. unless they somehow got glass or something over it to protect it from use
Interesting fact.. I like that, thank you. I’ll bring it up to the team.
To me, this falls into "Just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD." territory.
I'm not sure I see a functional purpose for it, like fake rivets. Maybe I'm just not imaginative enough.
Is there a functional use case for this?
I guess it looks ok, but it serves no purpose at all.
Why? Why? So that you don't lose the crown of sight to set a watch in the middle of the night?
I never thought about that. But now I am wondering - Why should a crown be lumed.
As it is pointles it has to be for the asthetics.
I would just offer up the Tag 4000 as a counter argument to doing this - the enamel logo and lume on the bezel never lasted that long, so anything involving the case and lume exposed to the elements is a poor combination resulting in a very sad looking watch.
I’ve got a couple of watches with lumed crowns and I think they’re pretty cool.
Yeah I like it if it's done really well with a nice simple logo/ motife . I would be warry of it falling out I guess.
I wouldn't hate it but I think it looks out of place and too decorative.
Not a big issue though.
I wouldn't be willing to pay anything extra for it, and I'm going to assume that it costs more for you to include it.
oh yes it’s more material and labor to paint the lume in the groove.
Yeah I like it if it's done really well with a nice simple logo/ motife . I would be warry of it falling out I guess.
Yes I’m this case it’s painted in the etched logo.
I’ve got a couple of watches with lumed crowns and I think they’re pretty cool.
Those look great! Thanks for sharing