u/NorthStarSubmariner

No I don’t want an aura ring or a stupid band to double wrist.

This is my son’s 5610, he’s 9 years old. Spends lots of time outside. Recently even a week long “survival” camp last week. Today he took it off for Football practice and I saw the LOW flashing indicator in the date window. We charged it to H after 2 days in direct sunlight at the end of May. So it’s been a bit more than 6 weeks, it’s my understanding, even if he was in a cave with no sunlight the battery wouldn’t drain this fast. But he has the auto illumination on and uses the features periodically. The watch is about 1.5 years old.

Is this typical?

Thanks in advance for the insight.

Is the Garmin Comfortable, yes. Is it functional, yes. Does it get other dudes attention like my Submariner, no.. sigh

What is a comparable lume to Rolex’s Chromalight? I know Rolex use to use Super-LumiNova. But I was once an ink chemist formulating dispersions for the industrial printing market as well as an engineer designing printers for the ID and financial markets. So I know they aren’t creating their own phosphorescent pigments. At most, they are creating a finished formulation using their own binder, dispersant, ect. So there has to be a comparable lume on the market that likely uses their exact same Phosphorescent pigment.

I really like how I can wake up at 5am without doing anything to charge the lume on my Submariner the night before and it’s perfectly legible. I would love find some lower cost field watches with the same lume performance.

Pic for attention

Looks like a Garmin Fenix in this case

Saw this on the WOE social and thought I would share here.

Workplace cappuccino and sardines in mustard sauce.

Free doughnuts and coffee

I’m convinced they didn’t know what it was, clearly they didn’t know ball. Will clean up, put a fresh edge on and beat the hell out of it.

Vintage Eagle 7 for today’s r/coffeewatch

And a vintage citizen

Hate all you want, Keurig makes a perfectly respectable coffee 😂