Luxury Watches with the Best Lume | Bob's Watch Talk

In this episode of Watch Talk, we discuss which luxury timepieces we think have the best lume. Shop the watches featured in this video: https://www.bobswatches.com/luxury-watches/ NAVIGATE THIS VIDEO 00:00 Intro 00:12 Wrist Check 02:04 Rolex Submariner 1680 04:04 Rolex Datejust II 116334 06:51 Tudor Heritage Chronograph 70330N 08:49 Omega Seamaster 10:20 Rolex GMT Master 126719 14:08 Outro Visit us at Bob’s Watches, home to the world’s largest selection of certified pre-owned Rolex watches. Shop our catalog now: https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex/ VINTAGE ROLEX SUBMARINER Luxury watches are made to last a lifetime and can pop up on the secondary market decades after they were produced. As a result of constant wear or just the ravages of time itself, many of these watches patina and start to show some signs of aging. That’s what makes them so exciting to collect and wear. One feature that many avid luxury watch collectors often search for in a vintage timepiece is the lume and how it has faded or changed in color over time. The Submariner we have here is just one such example. It features Tritium lume on the dial, distinguished by the wording “T SWISS MADE T” at the very bottom of the dial under 6 o’clock. Rolex used this material for decades, from the 1950s until the late 1990s when Tritium paint was banned. After that, the company switched to Luminova. The example we have here has patinaed very nicely to a creamy custard color. It doesn't get much better than th