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 Posted: Wed Jan 6th, 2010 03:33 am
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mcwright



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 I voted for the 800Ti. I personally prefer the gas tubes for their constant and consistent glow properties. I own and have owned a number of Luminox watches, Trias watches, a Graf Zeppelin tube and C-3 SuperLuminova watch, and a Ball night train with over 60 gas tubes on the dial and hands.

My 15 year old Luminox Alarm clock still glows and I expect to last for another few years. Lume is still strong on my 5 year + old Luminox watches. The Ball watch is simply awesome with all the glowing tubes on the dial.

I'm not sure where the perception comes that gas tubes are gonna go dead in 5 to 7 years. I don't see it being a problem. Luminox does or did guarantee their tubes for 10 years. And, most all claim they can last up to 20 to 25 years.

In the same period of time, most Superluminova treated watches will most likely need re-luming also. So, the only disadvantage to tubes might be cost should you own the watch in 10 to 15 years and decide to replace the tubes.

There are at least a dozen or more new brands using gas tubes in their watches, so my guess is the ability is out there (or will be) to re-tube my Ball or Traser should it ever come to that.

If you don't like the idea of the gas tube on the watch due to the way it looks or something, ok. But, I wouldn't not buy a tubed watch because it may need re-tubing some day in the future. cat28.gif

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