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Anyone know if the luminescent hands are tritium or are they charged by light???
None of Oakley's watches use tritium for the luminescent hands. Oakley uses a photoluminescent paint to achieve the glow, which is charged by light.
I was wondering that based on the OP pics. Made it seem like the watch stood out more then the luminox. I didn't think Oakley was using tritium. The painted luminescent hands only glow for a short time that bright and figured it was something different. Thanks!
I have owned watches in the past that used tritium and I thought it was pretty badass. The tritium isn't as bright as the fully charged photo luminescent paint, but of course that brightness doesn't usually last very long on the paint with the Oakley watches. I actually prefer the tritium. I have a Seiko Astron with the photo luminescent paint on the hands and hour markers and it is much brighter than my Oakley watches, and will stay illuminated all night. The Seiko has much more paint on the markers than my Oakley watches though.
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