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Re: Was that a picture of tritium or luminova?

In Response To: Was that a picture of tritium or luminova? ()

: I'm wondering if your pictures weren't an apples and oranges comparison. My
: Seamaster Chrono has luminova and looks much clearer at night than what
: your scan depicted.

Neither. That was a computer generated illustration with the exact same brightness applied to markers on both watches.

I did it that way to intentionally cancel out any difference in photography or materials. The size of the markers on both dial illustrations was measured to be sufficiently accurate for fair comparison.