Luminox Adds Automatic Movements to the Pacific Divers for the First Time Ever

Luminox is second to none with regards to its familiarity with the outside. With spectacular collaborations with the likes of the U.S. Navy SEALs (who has been an official associate for over three many years), the Icelandic Affiliation for Search and Rescue, and even Bear Grylls, the American watchmaker has garnered approval because of its strong, light-weight CARBONOX case materials, long-lasting Luminox Gentle Expertise with 25 years of dial glow, and all-around meticulous development strategies.

Final 12 months, Luminox expanded its Pacific Diver vary with a trio of chronographs and now it’s added a mechanical motion to the sequence for the primary time ever. Let’s check out the Pacific Diver Automated fashions.

Why Does Automated Matter?

Whereas the introduction of an automated motion to the model’s flagship diver may look like no large deal, it truly positions the Pacific Diver — the Luminox mannequin most comparable watch to Omega’s legendary Seamaster — in a luxurious vary. For many utilitarian watches, quartz is perhaps the best way to go together with its greater accuracy and resistance to shocks, decrease general upkeep, and longer energy reserve, automated actions are extra consistent with the spirit of the wristwatch. 

Watchmaking started with mechanical actions, not being threatened by the cheaper, extra accessible quartz timepieces till the Nineteen Seventies. Nonetheless, with the rise in enthusiasm for watches at present, we’ve seen automated and quartz cohabitating not like ever earlier than — though some manufacturers could desire one over the opposite. Of its 100+ references presently up for grabs on Luminox’s web site, solely 16 of them have automated actions.

Luminox Pacific Diver Automated 3100 Fundamentals

The brand new Luminox launch consists of three fashions with almost the identical specs: XS.3101 (black dial), XS.3104 (blue dial), and XS.3101.H.SET (fully-lumed white dial). They’re powered by a Swiss-made Sellita SW200-1 automated motion providing 38 hours of energy reserve and viewable by means of the see-through caseback. On high of the 316L chrome steel instances with 200m of water resistance, the black and blue models have matching ceramic bezels, whereas the lumed white dial has a black bezel.

In contrast to the opposite Pacific Diver releases accessible in the meanwhile, the automated fashions are available in 42mm case sizes — someplace in between the huge 44mm of the usual Pacific Diver and the 39mm of the Pacific Diver Ripple. Admittedly, this may nonetheless be fairly giant for some wearers however it’s additionally vital to level out that Omega’s Seamaster is, you guessed it, 42mm throughout. The similarities don’t finish there. All three of those new watches sport a really related wave sample throughout the dial, similar to the Seamster additionally.

Whereas the blue dive watch sports activities a cultured chrome steel bracelet, the black and white dial variations characteristic black rubber straps. Actually, the black and white variations will be merely seen because the inverse of each other. The place the black mannequin has white hour markers with blue-glowing lume, the white mannequin has black non-lumed hour markers. As a substitute, your complete dial glows blue with fully-coated Tremendous-LumiNova. Just like the black and blue variations, the white mannequin nonetheless options tritium-based LLT tubes across the exterior of the dial, in addition to lume surrounding the date window (though the date window itself isn’t illuminated so I’m unsure why that is essential).

Spec Sheet

Pricing & Availability

Apparently, Luminox figured {that a} fully-lumed dial with a rubber strap makes up in value for the standard dial with a stainless-steel strap, as a result of the blue XS.3104 and the white XS.3101.H.SET are priced the identical at $1,395, whereas the black XS.3101 has a $1,295 price ticket. Head over to Luminox’s web site to be taught extra.

Luminox Pacific Diver Automated 3100

Beforehand that includes quartz actions, Luminox’s Pacific Diver vary now will get automated actions for the primary time with a trio of fashions, together with one with a fully-lumed dial.