For the upcoming year, the American watchmaker has updated its military-styled Atacama series of watches. Soon to be offered as Luminox Atacama Field Day-Date 1945, the new quartz watch is noticeably larger than the previous version and now features a slightly facelifted, more sober-looking dial.
Usually associated with ‘tactical’ timepieces that come in durable and feather-light polyurethane bodies, from time to time the watchmaking specialist introduces similarly specced timekeepers packed in dressier, stainless steel bodies. Though clearly designed with us, civilians, in mind, the new Luminox Mariner Series 6250 family of quartz-powered diving watches still features an almost unrivalled nighttime legibility thanks to the use of T25-type micro-tubes filled with mildly radioactive tritium gas.
The new Luminox Deep Dive 500M automatic diving watch looks like a minor facelift of their last year’s Luminox Deep Dive LLT military diver with a less tactical, more civilian touch to it. Instead of the stealthy black body, the latest version of the timekeeper sports a satin-finished steel body and a more traditional rotating bezel that now sports a painted aluminum insert. Still, the watch keeps the signature features of the earlier model with its patent pending bezel locking system that also acts as a crown protector and sports the same impressive power reserve rating of whole 50 ATM.
The formerly American and now Swiss-owned brand Luminox, a company that still sells watches for the U.S. military and law enforcement agencies, has recently expanded its “Colormark” line of diving timepieces with the snow-white Luminox Navy SEALs Colormark Whiteout (Ref. 3057.WO) model. Although clearly designed to be worn with snow camo, the watch still looks good enough with a pair of blue jeans, especially if you color key it to white sneakers or, at least, white socks.
Besides the tactical Luminox Original Navy SEALs 3000 Blackout (Ref. A.3001.BO) wrist watch that was presented earlier this year, the Swiss-based watchmaker has also recently added another, more expensive black-on-black model to its extensive product range of ruggedized, military-styled timekeepers. Called Luminox Valjoux Field Chronograph 1860 Blackout (Ref. A.1861.BO), the new watch is essentially the good old Luminox Field automatic chrono with a new, more impressive in its stealthy, kill-em-all-style color scheme.
The Swiss-based brand Luminox has finally updated its Original Navy SEALs 3000 range of military-inspired timekeepers with a totally black model. Presented in a black carbon-reinforced polycarbonate body, the new Luminox Original Navy SEALs 3000 Blackout (Ref. A.3001.BO) has its dial, as well all inscriptions repainted either black or very dark grey. Its nighttime legibility (the main feature of any “tactical” watch) remains unharmed, though, thanks to 15 LLT micro-tubes that are filled with light-emitting gas.
As I promised back in August while briefly reviewing the then new Luminox F-22 Raptor 9270 Series quartz chronograph, I am finally getting back to its sister model: an even more massive Luminox F-35 Lightning II Chronograph watch.
Earlier this year the famous watchmaking brand has released a special edition of its Navy SEALs 3000 diver. Called Luminox Navy SEALs 3000 Limited Edition Red Cross Japan Tsunami Aid (Ref. A.3007.JTAF), the watch was presented with its dial painted in the distinctive white and red color scheme of the Japanese national flag.
Popular among the spec. ops. community all over the world, the Luminox watches are mostly associated with high-grade quartz movements. The new Luminox Deep Dive diving watch, however, is presented with a self-winding movement made by ETA S.A.
The new Luminox Field Automatic 1800 Series finally offers you a pair of military watches that combine their proprietary LLT self-illuminating technology and the amazing presence of a mechanical automatic movement. Just as their quartz-powered siblings, the mechanically animated models are offered in two case sizes that range from modest 43 mm to gargantuan 48 millimeters in diameter
