moby711's FIRST LUME TEST - MODEM BURNER 23 pics !!!

[moby711]

Hello there,

inspired from my brand new Prodiver, which I have received this afternoon
I decided to make my own luminescence test concerning my watches.

To watch these pics correctly please keep in mind:

Part A
Initial situation

Timetable:
22.59 - 23.15 1 min step with 1sec exposure
23.16 2sec exposure
23.17 3sec exposure

Part B
Separate watches each 5sec exposure

Enjoy... :-D

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Part A
Initial situation




22.29 start




23.00 1 min later




23.01 2 min later




23.02 3 min later




23.03 4 min later




23.04 5 min later




23.05 6 min later




23.06 7 min later




23.07 8 min later




23.08 9 min later




23.09 10 min later




23.10 11 min later




23.15 16 min later




23.16 17 min later, 2sec




23.17 18 min later, 3sec



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Part B
Here you can see some separated pics of the watches
Details: around 8 sec. illumination, 4 sec delay and 5 sec exposure

Prodiver




Omega Seamaster Professional Americas Cup 5sec




Sinn UX 5sec




Certina DS-3 reissue 5sec




Rolex Sea Dweller 5 sec




Omega Speedmaster Professional 5sec




IWC Aquatimer 2000m 5sec




Now you can make up your mind... if the Prodiver dominates the contest.
In the beginning it seemed as if the Americas Cup would keep up with the
Prodiver... in the long run however the distance was noticable and the
Prodiver finally won the race.

Next week Iīll complete this contest with my ordered Citizen Promaster
1000m and the 12.000 feet CX Swiss Military. :-D

Good night.. time for me to go to sleep...

[redstart]

Hello there,

inspired from my brand new Prodiver, which I have received this afternoon
I decided to make my own luminescence test concerning my watches.

To watch the pics correctly please keep in mind:

Part A
22.59 - 23.15 1 min step with 1sec exposure
23.16 2sec exposure
23.17 3sec exposure

Part B
Separate watches each 5sec exposure

Enjoy... :-D

Now you can make up your mind... if the Prodiver dominates the contest.
In the beginning it seemed as if the Americas Cup would keep up with the
Prodiver... in the long run however the distance was noticable and the
Prodiver finally won the race.

Next week Iīll complete this contest with my ordered Citizen Promaster
1000m and the 12.000 feet CX Swiss Military. :-D

Good night.. time for me to go to sleep...

Congratulations, Andreas! That is the most useful post on this forum in a long, long time. And this place is known for its useful posts. Just magnificent.

[Crue4]

Stunning pics... would love to see the GP Seahawk and Monster compared to the Stowa PD... that would be a tight race I think.

[XTrooper]

Awesome test and very useful material. The Omega Seamasters et al were always known for their superior lume, but it definitely looks like there's a new sheriff in town since the Stowa Prodiver hit the streets. B-)

[lauro]

great post Andreas!!!

[anders213]

Stunning! Is there somehow we can archieve this?

[Scott3670]

As a newbie to watches, I always wondered how various watches compared in their luminessence. Your post does an incredible job shedding light (pun intended!) on this topic. Well done!

[cricketer]

Well done Andreas - thanks for your efforts The Prodiver won the race




Alan

[moby711]

Hi there everybody,

thanks for your kind comments!
Believe me, if I had more watches I would have extended this lume test.:-D

As far as the lume strength of some watches may be seriously concerned,
you have to keep in mind, that each watch has only been illuminated for
about 7-9 seconds.
I have heard, especially from the Doxa area, that some watches just need
to get their dial much longer illuminated.

To proof this I am goinig to make a second lume test with other premises:

I will

• illuminate only six diving watches
• placed all in the middle of the watch casket
• for the time of 5minutes
• take pictures after the time of/with an exposure of:
  • immediate/ 1 sec
  • 1 min/ 1 sec
  • 3 min/ 1 sec
  • 5 min/ 1 sec
  • 10 min/ 2 sec
  • 15 min/ 2 sec,
  • 20 min/ 3 sec
  • 30 min/ 3 sec
  • 1 h/ 4 sec
  • 2 h/ 4 sec
  • 4 h/ 5 sec
  • 6 h/ 6 sec

just trying to simulate the human eye, compensating automatically the
vanishing lume by taking more time to gaze at the dial after the last illumination
I think thatīs only fair, isnīt it?!

By the way... if anyone out there can make another helpful proposal for
the premises of a fair contest... please feel free and letīs talk about it!

[BruceS]

Andreas, that was very cool! The Provider really out did the lot of them
Thanks,
Bruce