Thursday, September 16, 2010

Luminox Sentry

Luminox has come out with the Sentry line of watches, priced around the $200 range.  This may finally be the (affordable) Luminox for me.  It's slighly smaller than the Colormark Series and a good 3mm bigger than the 40mm diameter Night View series.  It also has a smoother bezel than the Colormark, which I think makes it more suitable to wear as an everyday casual watch.  It is available with a black or white face.  The only thing that bothers me about the Sentry is that they have dropped half of the Tritium gas tubes in comparison to the Colormark or Night View.  Instead of a marker for every hour there are markers on every other hour, and there is no marker on the Seconds hand.  I know that Luminox was trying to bring out a nicer watch at a low price point, but it always gets me when a company does so by cutting back on the technology that attracts people to the brand in the first place.  Still, it is a very affordable watch, more of something I would wear everyday vs. the Colormark, and it has that Luminox quality.         

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