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Imserba Webstore - Luminox Men's Navy SEAL Steel-Carbon Dive Watch #3101
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List Price: $375.00
Our Price: $228.00
Your Save: $ 147.00 ( 39% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Luminox
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Band Material Type: Polyurethane
Bezel Material Type: Metal
Binding: Watch
Brand: Luminox
Calendar Type: Date
Case Diameter: 43
Case Material Type: stainless-steel
Case Thickness: 12
Clasp Type: buckle clasp with safety
Dial Color: black
Dial Window Material Type: Mineral
EAN: 0746469310105
Feature: Analog-quartz movement
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Luminox
Manufacturer: Luminox
Material Type: stainless-steel
Model: 3101
Publisher: Luminox
Studio: Luminox
Watch Movement Type: analog-quartz
Water Resistance Depth: 660
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Features
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Analog-quartz movement
Mineral crystal
Case diameter: 43 mm
Stainless-steel case; Black dial; Date function
Water-resistant to 200 M (660 feet)
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Luminox 3100 Navy Seal Dive Watch
Comment: Luminox is the best--"Hands Down" I am currently operating in Afghanistan and was pleased to get my new watch in excellent condition and quick despite the distance it had to travel. Thanks!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Classic dive watch...perfect!
Comment: This is the perfect dive watch...durable, stylish, and reasonably priced for a mid-level watch. This titanium version costs only a bit more than the regular version and the durability is worth it. This is my second one (last one was accidently left behind on a dive trip..someone in Mexico is VERY happy) and it is the perfect back-up time piece.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Tritium is the high point. Durability & reliability a bit lacking.
Comment: I own two of the 3101s. One I bought used in 2003, and the other new in 2005. I also bought a new womans plastic case version for my girl in 2007.
Pros:
I just love the tritium dials. No mater what the lighting condition, you can see what time it is without having to touch your watch. Do that a few times a night, for a few years and you really begin to appreciate the tritium feature. None of the tritium vials on any of my watches have abnormally dimmed, cracked or fallen off (unlike some of my pistol sights!) so they are obviously using good tritium.
The rotating bezel is a great way to keep track of elapsed time; simple, sure and quick. No buttons to push... just turn to the current minute or hour hand position and your done. This feature is just as valuable and just as used as the tritium visibility feature for me.
I've tried using the newer G-Shocks as a replacement for the Luminoxs, but I keep putting them away because I'm just way too addicted to the tritium and the chrono-bezels!
Cons:
The crystal is highly subject to scratches and cracking. I don't care about the scratches, but if you crack the crystal (which I've done twice in two years) you might as well throw away the watch, since it costs $150 to replace (ouch!) and stands a reasonable chance of losing reliability once the service shop gets a-hold of it. BTW, one of the cracks resulted from it falling from the bathroom sink to the tile floor below and the other from the impact of the buckle of a dog collar on one of my dogs (wtf?). The heavy weight of the stainless steel body might have lent to the damage from the fall (the plastic cased version may have survived).
The second issue is reliability. Though my first used 3101 was very reliable (regardless of me cracking the crystal twice), the new 3101 I purchased has stopped three times for unknown reasons, resulting in the warranty shop replacing the entire movement twice so far, only having it stop again soon after getting it back a few months ago. That gets old after the second time...I'm getting ready to send it back for a third time now (still under warranty... otherwise I'd buy the cheaper plastic case version and put my SS band on it since I now feel these are semi-disposable watches with must-have features... the SS case just weighs it down and matches the bracelet... two things I can live without for saving $50)
Note on straps: The nylon straps starts smelling of mildew in short order after getting wet, and there in no way to get the smell to stay out of it. The rubber strap is pretty darn uncomfortable and difficult to keep the heavy case from rotating too far off the wrist into a less then ideal location for easy viewing (having to rotate it back all the time). A plastic strap like on the G-Shocks would have been better, but not as macho. That leads me to the logical conclusion that the stainless steel strap/bracelet is really the only practical way to go with the SS case version, since it doesn't get nasty, feels good, stays put, and as a side note, looks better in business dress then the rest of the options (and it's just as durable). I also tried going to the Martac nylon straps (since they were nautical/military based). I was hoping they used some mildew preventive chemicals in their build process...no luck...they started smelling of mildew as well...too bad because those are really cool watch bands!)
Doing it over from scratch, I'd probably go with the plastic case and rubber band and hope the case stayed put on my wrist. If at that point it started moving around too much, or wasn't comfortable, I'd look into buying a black SS OEM bracelet for it, from either Luminox or Traser, which go for around $50 once you factor-in the shipping costs. I am still more than happy to replace my Luminox every couple of years if required in order to get those tritium and chrono-bezel features!
Hope This helps!
Customer Rating:
Summary: extremely happy
Comment: I ordered this watch after much research about it and other watch's. I am extremely happy with my experience. In the time I have had this watch, approximately 3 weeks, it has lost 1 sec as compared to atomic time. I tend to be somewhat fussy about an item when I purchase it and this item has more than met my expectation's.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Luminox is a best value for high end watches
Comment: Luminox is indeed a fantastic value in regards to higher end watches. Their unbelievable durability and remarkable brigtness are second to none. If you need to view a watch in less than optimal conditions, it is imposssible to go wrong with Luminox. This is my second and I may never purchase another brand.
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