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<\div> Prized for it is durability and distinctive illumination system, the Luminox Original Navy SEAL Series 1 stainless steel men's watch exudes selfassurance and power whenever it's worn. Thanks to the vaunted Luminox self-powered illumination system, this watch's hands and dial markers glow 100 times more brilliant than other luminous watches and will provide ceaseless illumination for more than 25 years. It's also water immune to 200 meters (20 ATM, 660 feet), which is suitable for recreational scuba diving.

The large, black-plated stainless steel watch case--measuring 1.7 inches wide and 0.4 inches thick--is topped by a ratcheting, unidirectional rotating bezel with engraved 5-minute Arabic numerals in white and coin-edged detailing for an bettered grip. The white dial face is accented by black Arabic numeral markers, huge black-outlined baton hands (with seconds hand), and a date function at 3 o'clock. It's finished by a comfortable polyurethane (PU) diver's strap in black. Other features include a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, multi-jeweled Swiss quartz watch movement, double gasket crown, and 4-year battery life. It's backed by a 1-year Luminox warranty.

Luminox Self-Powered Illumination System
Each Luminox watch employs tiny self-powered micro gas lights (borosilicate glass capsules), which are with resolute determination embedded in the hands and the hour indicators on the watch face (as well as on the turning ring of diver's watches). Luminox watches need no external light source to "charge" the paint on the dial or hands in order to glow as do conventional luminous watches, nor do they require a push of a button to light the dial as do electro luminescent watches.

About Luminox
Luminox combines the finest tradition and precision of Swiss watchmaking with the durability demanded by US armed forces and the latest inventions in timepiece technology. The company initiated the development of small, person luminescent tracer lamps and was contacted by the U.S. Navy SEAL teams to build a dive watch for their use on night missions. After their popularity in the Navy grew, the Air Force asked Luminox to give rise to a watch distinctively for F-117 Nighthawk Stealth pilots.

The Luminox Story

AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY

Like galore other American success stories, LUMI•NOX came from a forward-thinking person realizing a need in the market and meeting it. Barry Cohen had been in the fashion watch business for rather galore time when he came all over a Swiss self-powered illumination system and knew that it would make watches more visible and more comfortable to read in low or no light situations. As a result, Cohen and a collaborator invented watches using this distinctive illumination scheme (called Luminox Light Technology) and LUMI•NOX was born back in 1989 (Lumi is Latin for light while Nox is Latin for night), driven by a commitment to offer cutting-edge luminescence and readability in it is line of high-performance sports watches.

The Navy SEALs and More
The Luminox Navy SEAL watch is the timepiece that made Luminox famous. The officer in charge of procurement for the Navy SEALs, Nick North, was asked to seek a more dependable watch for night missions and found the solution at a trade show where he came upon Luminox. He worked with Barry Cohen to create a watch distinctively for them and the Navy SEAL watch was born.

"Luminox had precisely the watch we were looking for – we only added a few little things," Nick North, Senior Public Safety Engineer and Operations Specialist, remembered. "We arranged to test a heap of and they worked great. We made a few changes, then the East Coast team started issuing them and the West Coast teams came on board."

After Luminox provided the watches to the SEALs, more elite units contacted them directly, while at the same time Luminox begun retail the watch throughout the country and the world. Luminox was then neared by US Air Force pilots flying the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth fighter jet. They were wearing the Navy SEAL timepieces, but chafed at the word "Navy" on the dial. Luminox then developed a watch for these pilots and neared Lockheed Martin, the makers of the F-117 Nighthawk for a picture of the plane to use in the catalogs that marketed the watches.

This original contact turned into an exclusive arrangement to manufacture Lockheed Martin timepieces, including watches devoted to the F-117 Nighthawk, F-16 Fighting Falcon, SR-111 Blackbird and the new F-22 Raptor.

The Rest of the Story
Throughout the following 20 years, Luminox has never strayed from it is mission which has been confirmed and validated by the a lot of elite military and law enforcement units that have adopted Luminox as usual equipment.

Luminox has expanded it is collection to include a assortment of styles, devised for the active consumer, the sportsman, law enforcement and military groups, divers and more. Currently, Luminox is circulated in 40 countries around the world and furnishes elite units all over the world. In addition, the man on the street has shown peculiar interest in Luminox, anxious to use the watches put to the test each single day – on the world’s most difficult jobs, figuring justifiedly that if they have been requested by, designed for and used by the Navy SEALs, they have to be capable to stand up to each day use.

The Technology
The Luminox Light Technology makes Luminox watches Always Visible – in fact, the engineering science Luminox uses provides 24/7 luminosity, no matter the conditions, for more than 25 years.

Most other watches use luminescent paint that has to be charged by a light source and fades very quickly, or a "push to light" system, where you push a button for battery-driven illumination.

Luminox, however, uses proprietary technology, in the past reserved for the military, that makes Luminox watches stand out, literally. Each Luminox watch features tiny gas lights (borosilicate glass capsules), which are always lit, on the hands, hour markers and when necessary, bezels. As a result of this distinctive technology, Luminox watches are always readable at a glance, no matter the conditions.

The U.S. military has long recognized the vantages of micro gas light roots and their use is mandated in procurement specification MIL-W-46374F. Being capable to read the watches in any conditions, even in total darkness, is an important requisite of numerous military and law enforcement agencies.

The U.S. Navy SEALs use the watches, as do U.S. Air Force pilots, FBI and ATF agents, Secret Service officers, Border Patrol units, Coast Guard officers, SWAT teams, as well as ordinary law enforcement officers, helicopter search and rescue pilots, professional divers and other groups.

The Luminox Light Technology system is hand used in each and each watch. Though more complicated, pricey and time consuming than normal luminescence, it is one of the things that makes Luminox watches special. This distinguishable technology and the further and added quality control steps Luminox mandates require extraordinary attention to detail and care in manufacturing.

The Benefits

The extreme Swiss illumination system glows without the need to push a button or expose to light

Glows without disruption for more than 25 years

Swiss Made with jeweled Swiss movements

Water immune and shock resistant

Production
All Luminox watches are Swiss Made, formulated by Luminox’s corporate partner, Mondaine Watch Company, one of the leaders in Swiss manufacturing. Located in Zurich with devising facilities in Biberist, Switzerland, Mondaine not so long ago won a Swiss Logistics Award for it is "just in time" production. Mondaine applies it is more than 50 years of experience when devising the perplexed Luminox watches.

The Future
Luminox will proceed to combine cutting edge technology, forward-thinking design and extreme performance. Luminox delivers, when and where it counts.