Luminox Essential Gear Air Search And Rescue (SAR)

The new Essential Gear series of watches from Luminox consists of three version of the same model, each designed for its own domain. The Luminox Essential Gear Sea was created for the combat divers, L.E.G.Land (we’ll talk of it later) caters to the needs of land-based spec. ops. teams, and the Luminox Eessential Gear Air SAR is designed with pilots (and sky-divers) in mind.

Like just about all Search And Rescue stuff (starting with lifeboats and including amphibious helicopters and cruisers,) this watch features black and orange color scheme, both for its bezel with the usual 60-minute diving scale and the dial.

The high-contrast color scheme makes the dial especially easy to read and looks cool, if that’s what you are looking for from a military-styled watch.

The traditional “1-12″ set of big and bold Arabic numerals is accompanied with a less common “13-23″ set that lets you read current time in military format.

The LLT tritium tubes here are also orange (for the hour markers) and blue (for the hour, minute and even the central seconds hand).

Its rugged case is made of a hardened carbon-reinforced polymer plastic and its unidirectional rotating bezel features a single LLT tube that indicates the 12 o’clock position.

Like the rest of the pack, the watch is water resistant up to 200 meters so you can easily use it as a diving watch. I mean, you never know where you will land the next time.

Many watches in this price range come equipped with Japanese quartz calibers from Miyota, however this model is powered by a Swiss made quartz movement that guarantees high reliability and efficiency.

Well, I would gladly exchange the standard black rubber band for a textile NATO strap of the same color, however, as far as I understand, this one has to be bought separately from a third-party retailer.

Photos: Luminox

Luminox Essential Gear Air Search And Rescue (SAR) watch specification

Price range: $295
Movement: Swiss quartz
Complications: Date
Power reserve: N/A
Case material: Carbon-reinforced polymer
Case shape: Round
Case size: 44 mm
Case height: N/A
Dial: Orange
Hands: Black
Water resistance: 200 meters
Strap: Black rubber
Crystal: Mineral, scratch-resistant