If you like analog-digital watches, today's review might just make your day. This is the limited-edition Luminox SR-71 Blackbird, model #9052. Limited to 999 pieces, this seems to be their version of the Omega X-33. Let's start out with the specifications:

• 44mm across, 50mm at the widest point, 15mm thick.
• PVD-finished stainless steel case and bracelet.
• Bracelet is three-link, solid, with solid end links, fliplock, and 23mm lugs.
• Domed sapphire crystal with inner anti-reflective coating.
• Inner dive bezel, operated by a screw-down crown at ten o'clock.
• Tritium tubes on hours, bezel, and hands.
• Reverse LCD display.
• In an interesting twist: it also has an electronic compass.
• Like the X-33, the caseback is a soundboard to increase the volume of the alarm.
• Also like the X-33, the crown is actually a push button; rotating it has no effect.
• 45 month battery.
• ISA quartz movement.
• Water resistant to 100m (330ft).
• Three time zones, countdown timer, alarm, stopwatch, and my favorite: seconds-only mode.

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We've reviewed several Luminox watches and clocks here at Watch Report, and today we're happy to review another: the new F-22 Raptor, model 9282. The brand is clearly moving into more upscale models, and this is a nice example of what they can do.

Let's start with the specs:

• Titanium case, bracelet, and bezel; ion-plated buttons and crown.
• Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating.
• Ronda 5050 quartz movement with big date, day, 12-hour chronograph, and subseconds.
• 60-click titanium bezel with acrylic inset.
• Water resistant to 200m (660ft).
• Tritium lights on the hour and minute hand, hour markers, and bezel pip (with a contrasting orange tube at 12 o'clock).
• Five-link titanium bracelet (non-tapered) with solid links, solid end links, signed fliplock, and 3 micro-adjustments.
• Signed screw-down crown in ion-plated metal.
• Ion-plated chronograph buttons using a neat pivot design.
• Screwn-down caseback with F-22 engraving.
• 47.8mm across (including the crown) by 15mm thick; 24mm lugs; 140g with all links in the bracelet.
• List price: $1,200.

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In addition to the other timepieces Luminox recently provided us, we also got a sneak preview at the unreleased 6402 'Blackout' seen here. Based on the previous F-117 Nighthawk 6402, the Blackout goes stealth with black-on-black dial, hands and matching PVD case and bracelet. The only color on the face is the tritium tubes and Luminox logo.

• PVD stainless steel case, 45mm by 13mm, 200g
• Swiss quartz movement with end-of-life indicator and matching white-on-black date wheel.
• Blue tritium vials on the H/M/S hands, hour markers and bezel pip, with orange marker at 12 o'clock.
• Solid steel bracelet with flip-lock, solid end pieces and four micro-adjustments.
• Sapphire glass crystal, anti-reflective coated.
• Water resistant to 200m (660'), double gasket non-screwdown crown.

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Continuing our Luminox reviews, today we have the just-discontinued model 2002 GMT watch. Described as an "Executive Traveller Watch," it combines the utility of tritium illumination with a nice case, bracelet, 24-hour bezel, and separate 24-hour hand. Let's get started with some specifications:

• 40mm by 11mm, 125g.
• Quartz movement, 45-month battery life with end-of-life warning.
• Stainless steel case and bracelet.
• Mineral crystal (appears to be internally convex).
• Hour/minute/second, plus synchronized 24-hour hand separately set and continuously adjustable (works for odd offsets like New Delhi!).
• Water resistant to 100m (330 ft).
• Screwdown caseback and non-screwdown crown.
• Bracelet is 5-link, Oyster-style clasp with fliplock and hidden wetsuit extension, hollow end-link, solid links.

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Today's review is a bit unusual because although it's 1mm smaller than the newest Panerai, it's not a wristwatch; rather, it's the Luminox LWAC-B travel alarm clock. When Luminox USA contacted us recently, we perused their product line and were surprised to learn that they offer travel alarms, but if you think about it for a minute, the permanent glow is perfect for an alarm clock. Let's start with some specifications:

• Product LWAC-B, PVD aluminum, also available non-PVD as model LWAC.
• Mineral crystal.
• Quartz movement, powered by a 357 watch battery (1-year battery life).
• 60mm across by about 20mm thick.
• Comes with cylindrical leather case.
• Green vials on hour and minute hand, and minute markers, with orange marker at 12 o'clock.
• Fixed bezel with world time zones.
• 2-year movement warranty, 10 year lume warranty.

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If you've ever wondered what sort of watch would suit military personnel, SWAT teams and police departments, then today's review of the Luminox EVO SEAL Colormark 3051 might be of interest. Let's start off with the specifications:

• Waterproof to 200m (660ft)
• Mineral crystal
• Non-screw-down, double-gasket crown
• Quartz movement with end-of-life indicator (second hand starts jumping when the battery is low) and date complication
• 45 month battery life
• 60 click ratcheting bezel
• 44mm wide case, 14mm high. Case is made of a matrix of polycarbonate with carbon filler. Screwed caseback with SEAL logo.
• Very light weight at 55g.
• Beveled 23mm rubber strap with two-pin thorn buckle, double strap keepers and Luminox logo. Non-tapering, and quite comfortable.
• The standout feature of this watch is the self-powered illumination. (More on this below). There are small vials of tritium-based light at each hour, on all three hands and the bezel pip. It'll glow for years without maintenance. On this model, the vials are green except for the one at 12, which is orange. The Colormark line is also available in other dial and lume colors.

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View the Luminox Navy Seal Photo Gallery.

I look at a lot of different metrics when evaluating and reviewing a watch, however there's one metric that I hold above all others: wrist time. Wrist time is simply the amount of time I wear a watch beyond the amount of time needed to review it.

The Luminox Navy Seal does very well in this category. Although I can't pinpoint exactly why, I've been wearing it pretty consistently for weeks. I think it's a combination of comfort, tritium gas tube illumination (which I've really come to love), high-contrast readability, and overall value. How do I judge the overall value of a watch? Let me put it this way: the Luminox Navy Seal isn't the most sturdy watch I own, but if I ever managed to destroy it, I would have no problem spending the money to replace it, and would probably do so at the first opportunity.

That's not to say I expect to destroy it. The Luminox Navy Seal is a relatively inexpensive watch made from relatively inexpensive materials, however it's quite sturdy (don't confuse inexpensive with cheap). The polymer case is very solid, the crown is protected, and the mineral glass crystal should stand up to anything but a hard direct impact.

I've said it once, and I'll say it again: I love the tritium gas tube illumination system which allows the hands and hour indices to glow brightly and consistently for 25 years without having to absorb light. Since I don't use an alarm clock, and since I have kids who feel compelled wake me up throughout the night, I love always being able to easily read off the time. The Luminox Navy Seal is more than comfortable enough to wear to bed, so I've gotten in the habit of putting it on at night (if I'm not already wearing it), and wearing it all the way through my workout the next morning. Now that I have other watches to review, it usually has to come off when I get out of the shower, but occasionally I'll continue wearing it throughout the day.

Features of the Luminox Navy Seal 3001 include:

I've really been intrigued by Luminox watches for some time, and I've been been looking for just the right one to add to my collection. With the new Luminox Blackbird 9000 series, and specifically the 9032 chronograph (pictured at right), I may have finally found just the right one.

What primarily makes Swiss-made Luminox watches unique is their illumination system. All Luminox watches contain tiny, gas-filled glass tubes installed in the hands, hour markers, and sometimes bezel which glow up to 100 times brighter than other watches with luminescent paint. Additionally, the Luminox illumination system does not require recharging (meaning you don't have to expose it to light before it will glow), and does not use batteries. The glass tubes will glow continuously for about 25 years, and are guaranteed for 10. So if you need a watch which must always be visible in low light without having to press a button, Luminox is a good bet.

The new Blackbird 9000s are really nice, tough, military-looking watches. They are all stainless steel with a black PVD (physical vapor deposition) coating which gives them a very cool, stealthy look (although in the dark, Luminox watches are anything but stealthy, so be sure to cover them up if you really need to be invisible). The one I like best -- the 9032 -- has a smaller 24-hour quartz module embedded in the 6 o'clock portion of the bracelet for tracking an additional time zone. I like this solution for a GMT watch because it allows the main dial to remain uncluttered and readable. I first saw this feature in the Breitling Chrono Avenger which I still drool over every time I come across one.