There is no Swiss made here's a pic. After looking around it doesn't appear that any of the crosswinds with this dial day swissmade
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| Author: | afroman787 [ Mon Aug 18, 2014 1:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Breitling lume expiration |
Hey all just bought a used crosswind with what appears to be a production of 1999-2000. Despite leaving the watch in the sun none of the numbers or hands glow even a little. Is this normal given the watches age or should I be concerned with the watches authenticity. It came with box and all papers minus cosc certificate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
It's probably tritium like at that age. At the bottom of the dial does it have the words Swiss Made below the 6 marker, and if so is there a T or an L to either side of Swiss Made? |
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| Author: | afroman787 [ Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
There is no Swiss made here's a pic. After looking around it doesn't appear that any of the crosswinds with this dial day swissmade Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
Yeah, not surprised but it's the only reliable way to distinguish between tritium and SuperLuminova without clearly seeing the lume. My guess is that it is tritium and that ages at a predictable rate, the practical lifetime of regular tritium lume is 20 years or so and it fades as it gets closer to that age. No real solution other than to see if Breitling can relume with SL during servicing. |
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| Author: | afroman787 [ Mon Aug 18, 2014 4:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
Good to know I didn't realize that breitling used tritium in the past Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | gbuergisser [ Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
Roffensian wrote: It's probably tritium like at that age. At the bottom of the dial does it have the words Swiss Made below the 6 marker, and if so is there a T or an L to either side of Swiss Made? I suspect T means tritium. But what does L mean? |
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| Author: | jimbob [ Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
Luminova? I'm guessing here... |
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| Author: | Roffensian [ Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
L is used to indicate SuperLuminova. No longer necessary because Breitling hasn't used tritium for quite a while. |
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| Author: | bnewbie [ Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
I believe it's SL, never seen CW with T. Try to charge it with a very strong lamp/torch. Put it close to dial for a minute, it should work if everything is ok. |
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| Author: | emile.grundlingh [ Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Breitling lume expiration |
Hi there. I have a 2002 Crosswind and gave it to my local Breitling lab for an overhaul. Came back as new with Luminous restored.  Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | afroman787 [ Sun Aug 24, 2014 5:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
Was the dial relumed or replaced? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | John in California [ Tue Sep 02, 2014 5:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
The old non-tritium lume was not so super. |
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| Author: | Robertus61 [ Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
I had a CSO from 2003 with super lume. I think the SO/CSO series do have better lume than the Chronomats - maybe even today. (SO/CSO have a greenish, while Chronomats have whiteish daylight/lume color so some difference must there be.) |
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| Author: | dempsey [ Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Breitling lume expiration |
Reading over this post I felt some deja vu. I purchased a few Breitlings from the 90’s with and without the same problem. The only explanation I can come up with was they may have used different formulas of Luminova or SuperLuminova. I was wondering if the use of the different illuminating paints could be a reason? |
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