IWC Schaffhausen
Collectors
Forum
  • Categories

  • New to the forum
  • Collector Articles
  • News
  • Community
  • Moderator articles
  • Contemporary timepieces
  • Movements and technical details
  • Vintage timepieces
  • About IWC
  • Gallery
  • Archive

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • X (Twitter)
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • Weibo
  • Home
  • Archive
  • Aquatimer Automatic 1000 Lume question
  1. Threads
  2. Archive
chevron_left Archive

Aquatimer Automatic 1000 Lume question

  • forum 4 replies
  • last reply by orangeology 6 May 2009
  • Last
  • link
    hong ko
    Apprentice 3 posts
    5 May 2009, 9:10 a.m. 5 May 2009, 9:10 a.m.
    link

    greetings first, as i've just joined the group here.

    recently acquired Aquatimer Automatic 1000 modeal (ref. 354804), and love every bit of it all the way. while i was playing with its lume, have come up with a question, that some of you fellow owners (or any IWC expert) with the answer.

    does its second hand have a lume paint on both side of the tips or only on the fletching? in light, i see both tips with 'white' paint, but somehow the arrowhead side tip doesn't seem to have 'lume' in the dark. is it supposed to be this way or do i have a faulty one?

    not that the answer's going to affect the greatness of the watch. just deadly curious here...

    many thanks in advance for your kind answer and knowledge.
    thanks!

  • link
    Allan Cook
    Connoisseur 175 posts
    5 May 2009, 11:25 p.m. 5 May 2009, 11:25 p.m.
    link

    Mine

    doesn't have lume on the tip, either. I think the only reason to have lume on a dive watch second hand is to be able to confirm it's running underwater. The lume on the other end does just fine for this purpose, and the tip is too tiny to be seen anyway.

  • link
    hong ko
    Apprentice 3 posts
    5 May 2009, 5:40 p.m. 5 May 2009, 5:40 p.m.
    link

    Mine

    that comforts me. thanks! :)

  • link
    Michael Ramsey
    Graduate 32 posts
    6 May 2009, 4:10 a.m. 6 May 2009, 4:10 a.m.
    link

    Completely normal

    [i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/meric_2006/DSCF4613.jpg](photobucket.com)

    Cheers...

    Michael

  • link
    hong ko
    Apprentice 3 posts
    6 May 2009, 12:35 a.m. 6 May 2009, 12:35 a.m.
    link

    Completely normal

    that's a lovely shot. thanks!

There are no more posts in this thread.

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • X (Twitter)
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • Weibo
Contact Our Concierge
  • Contact Us
  • +1-800-432-9330
Go to iwc.com
  • Conditions of Sale
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use