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flyinglotus1983
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Apr 5, 2017
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dumluk
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Apr 6, 2017
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flyinglotus1983So your watch actually has lume? My nighthawk came yesterday, and has no lume whatsoever. Unfortunate for a sandwich dial. I agree that the stock strap is meh. I immediately took mine off and put it on a nice brown leather zulu strap that I already had. I do like the overall vintage look of the watch, but at this point, I can't say if it will be a long-term possession. Might just be a quick flip, after a couple months of waiting for the actual shipment.
flyinglotus1983
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Apr 6, 2017
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dumlukYes, I've confirmed that my Nighthawk has lumed hands, arabic numerals, and the 5-minute-mark divisions. It's not great lume, but it's lume.
I've got other watches with fantastic lume: Notably, my Lum-Tec B33 and my Steinhart Titanium 500. Both of which glow in broad daylight. The dial lume on this watch sort-of looks lumed for a few minutes, in pitch black conditions. The minute hands are brighter, but not nuclear glow like my other two references are. When I went back and grabbed all of my crappy watches and compared them for reference ... The BOLDR is literally the dimmest lumed watch that I own. Worse that my Timexes, worse than my crappy diver homages from China, worse anything else that I own.
But as I said, this isn't really a tool watch. It's an aesthetically pleasing microbrand watch with a cool mecha-quartz movement that you can wear to the office.
I've got other watches with fantastic lume: Notably, my Lum-Tec B33 and my Steinhart Titanium 500. Both of which glow in broad daylight. The dial lume on this watch sort-of looks lumed for a few minutes, in pitch black conditions. The minute hands are brighter, but not nuclear glow like my other two references are. When I went back and grabbed all of my crappy watches and compared them for reference ... The BOLDR is literally the dimmest lumed watch that I own. Worse that my Timexes, worse than my crappy diver homages from China, worse anything else that I own.
But as I said, this isn't really a tool watch. It's an aesthetically pleasing microbrand watch with a cool mecha-quartz movement that you can wear to the office.
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Impressions:
* I somehow missed the glaring ommission in the Massdrop description about the crown. It's not a screw-down, like similar microbrand Seiko Mecha-Quartz-powered watches in this price range, for example the Ferro Airborne. I could have sworn I read that the crown was a screwdown in the description, but nope, nothing in the description that even mentions the crown.
* The domed crystal is beautiful, I love the way light bounces around in it. However it really should have been sapphire, even if it brought the price up. I'm going to be extremely worried about scratching or breaking this crystal with how raised up it is. It's going to happen eventually, it's just a matter of time. In the future, the BOLDR team should consider a sapphire crystal, regardless of cost. This is solely because of how raised it is, with nothing to guard it .
* The leather strap is pretty meh. The brown leather strap adds contrast to the black PVD case, which is great, but I would have preferred contrast stitching with a coarser stitch. The black leather ZULU strap is completely wrong, IMO. We were promised a brown strap, per the picture, but I ended up getting a shiny black leather strap with stainless hardware. A brown ZULU strap with black PVD matching hardware would have been a better choice. However the 2-piece brown strap, even with a few shortcomings, still works extremely well for this watch.
* The lume doesn't seem to be that great, at least compared to my other watches known for their lume (My LUM-TEC for example). I do however love the aged lume color they chose. And I won't wear this as a tool watch, it's more of an office fashion piece than anything due to its other shortcomings (see point #1 above)
* This is my second Seiko Mecha-Quart movement, and I absolutely love this movement. Probably one of my all-time favorite watch movements. It's really fun, even if it doesn't have a certified pedigree like some of the Swiss movements do.
* The case shape and style is great. Really refreshing and retro when compared to a lot of the stuff you see re-hashed every day. The PVD coating seems flawless.
* The watch box that it comes with is perfect for this price range. Not some big flashy wooden pretentious box like a lot of mid-tier and upper tier brands do. It's about the size of the Apple Watch boxes (the long ones, not the cube-y ones). The laser-etched stainless steel warranty card was a nice touch. And the included spring bar, although it seems to be made from Chineseium metal, was a thoughtful thing to include, two thumbs way up there.
Overall: Looks 10/10. Performance and durability: 6/10. Would I buy again? Eh. probably.