Luminox Sentry collection of military watches

While the recently revealed Luminox Essential Gear collection was designed for the pros wearing guns, night vision goggles and flak jackets, the new Luminox Sentry line was designed primarily for the civilians craving for the affordable watches with almost eternal (in terms of human life, at least) tritium tube lighting and cool military styling.

As usual for the Luminox’s ‘tactical’ line, the watches are offered in carbon-reinforced polymer cases fitted with polyurethane straps and featuring the usual unidirectional rotating bezels with a 60-minue scale on them.

Sporting a set of bold Arabic numerals accompanied by six light-emitting LLT tritium tubes serving as hour markers and two more tubes installed into the hour and minute hands, the watch is perfectly legible both during the day and at night. Just what you need from this type of timekeeper: no nonsense, no fancy decor, just business.

According to their official press release, the new Luminox Sentry watches are powered by the Ronda 515 AIG 6 Swiss quartz movement. I can’t tell you anything about this movement, besides the fact that it is equipped with a simple calendar and works for as long as three years on the same battery.

Trying to sell as many watches as practically possible, Luminox priced the Sentry watches at ridiculously low $255 putting them among the most affordable yet quality watches available on the U.S. market.

I am just unsure about the setting crown.

Made of 316L stainless steel, it seems to be completely smooth so setting time and date may become a real hassle, especially if your hands tend to sweat.

Photos: Luminox

Luminox Sentry collection specification

Price range: $255
Movement: Swiss quartz, RONDA 515 AIG 6 movement
Complications: Date
Power reserve: 37 months
Case material: Carbon-reinforced polymer
Case shape: Cushion
Case size: 43 mm
Case height: N/A
Dial: Black, white, and dark olive gray, 6 tritium tubes
Hands: Skeletonized with tritium tubes
Water resistance: 100 meters
Strap: Polyurethane
Crystal: Mineral