New Luminox Deep Dive 1500 Series

[KurthFreres]

Hi all, and greetings from Cabo de Palos (Cape Palos) in Spain


I am interested to know your opinion about these new models...

http://www.luminox.com/files/pr_deepdive_20120709.pdf


A.1512 MODEL (45mm)





A.1513 MODEL (45mm)




Special Features

• Water resistant to 500 meters /50 bar (exceeding the minimum of 200 meters requested by
• ISO 6425)
• Unique, patent pending Bezel Locking System (BLS), that also serves to protect the crown
• Swiss Automatic movement with big date window
• Automatic Helium Release Valve
• Unmatched constant visibility underwater with blue Luminox Light Technology (called LLT),
• constant glow for up to 25 years
• Specially designed case with custom gaskets, screw-on crown and case back
• Specially designed, thicker sapphire crystal and thicker case back
• Highly visible, broader Minute Hand in contrast color, with double LLT tubes
• Integrated PU strap with a wet suit PU extension strap

Thank you

[Crazy Cajun]

I really like this watch. two things that keep me from exploring further: lug width, will be impossible to find an aftermarket strap. And the price is kinda steep, should be in the $1200 range. It would not be a keeper and you would lose big $$ trying to flip it.

[KurthFreres]

I really like this watch. two things that keep me from exploring further: lug width, will be impossible to find an aftermarket strap. And the price is kinda steep, should be in the $1200 range. It would not be a keeper and you would lose big $$ trying to flip it.

Thanks for your response, I think it is expensive and you're right with the strap issue, although I like a lot too.

Best regards

[lenny]

FWIW, there is an older sector 600 auto diver that looks very similar to this watch. You see them selling in the $300's on the sales forum occasionally.

Just do a google search for sector 600 automatic.

[KurthFreres]

FWIW, there is an older sector 600 auto diver that looks very similar to this watch. You see them selling in the $300's on the sales forum occasionally.

Just do a google search for sector 600 automatic.

Thanks, I'll look...

[TheWalrus]

Does this line (from their marketing materials) make any sense to anyone else?

"The tiny micro gas light glass tubes that guarantee constant visibility glow blue on the Deep Dive series, as blue is the last color that the eyes register as one goes deeper and deeper under water."

I understand how light wavelengths are filtered through water, and how reds are removed first and blues last. But this is all dependent on the light source being on the surface and being filtered out by dozens of feet / meters of water. If the light source is at hand you'll see the same wavelengths as if you were right at the surface. IE. if you shine a flashlight on a red object at the bottom of the ocean, it'll still look red - as long as the light is right there. This is why underwater photography works. Theoretically it shouldn't matter what color the lume is on this watch - from the perspective of the diver at least.

[samanator]

Somehow even without a patent I don't think anyone would borrow the patented bezel locking mechanism.

[scubafox]

Does this line (from their marketing materials) make any sense to anyone else?

I understand how light wavelengths are filtered through water, and how reds are removed first and blues last. But this is all dependent on the light source being on the surface and being filtered out by dozens of feet / meters of water. If the light source is at hand you'll see the same wavelengths as if you were right at the surface. IE. if you shine a flashlight on a red object at the bottom of the ocean, it'll still look red - as long as the light is right there. This is why underwater photography works. Theoretically it shouldn't matter what color the lume is on this watch - from the perspective of the diver at least.

that's true, but i do not think a sub will point the flashlight to a watch to see the time, so it will be on the natural light at that depth, it can 'be some dim light on the watch unless the sub itself is subjected to the light of a flash. Corals and fishis will be under flashlights.

[TheWalrus]

that's true, but i do not think a sub will point the flashlight to a watch to see the time, so it will be on the natural light at that depth, it can 'be some dim light on the watch unless the sub itself is subjected to the light of a flash. Corals and fishis will be under flashlights.

Well, yes, but at the same time the light emitted by the lume itself should still be visible (in the entirety of it's spectrum) when it's only a foot away from a divers face, no?

[Maddog63]

Had it. Returned it. Too big,,too heavy...picked up a Traser automatic diver blue. Great.