Blue Tritium Watches

Traser Alarm Big Date Pro Blue - New for 2011

2011-01-26T04:15:00.010-05:00

Brand new for 2011 traser has introduced the ever popular Alarm Big Date Pro watch with Blue Tritium lights. The Alarm Big Date Pro Blue features the big date window, PVD coated steel case and bezel, sapphire crystal, scratch resistant, alarm function, illuminated small second hand, and of course blue trigalight® tritium.

Alarm Big Date Pro Blue Specs:
Movement: Ronda 4120.B Quartz
Case: Steel black PVD-plated
Bezel: Steel black PVD-plated, not rotating
Crystal: Sapphire
Water resistant to: 330 ft / 145 psi
Size (diameter): 40 mm
Illumination: 1-11 blue, 12 orange, H/M/SE Hand blue

To inquire or place your pre-order please email us.

ABOUT TRASER WATCHES
All traser® H3-watches are top quality, Swiss made, extremely robust and in addition to that, equipped with mb-microtec illumination, the very best such illumination technology available today. These timepieces are the easiest in the world to read in low light conditions and even in total darkness.

Thanks to it’s research the Swiss company mb-microtec has succeeded in manufacturing a self-activated light source that is 100 times brighter than any previously available. The light emitting devices, or "mb-microtec GTLS" (gaseous tritium light source) requires no battery power or any other form of external power supply, do not require the push of a button, never need servicing or maintenance and have a useful life of more than 20 years. These merits have made traser® H3-watches an absolute must in the emergency, safety, and protection industries as well as in the Armed Forces of the United States of America where mb-microtec manufactured timepieces have been issued to the troops since 1991.

Luminox EVO Navy Seal Blackout 3051 - In Stock For The Holidays

2010-11-23T05:10:00.002-05:00

The new Luminox 3051 Blackout Tritium watch is now back in stock at Blue Tritium Watches. The Blackout has a similar design to the Luminox Navy SEAL 20th Anniversary Watch series, but features a unique "Blackout" appearance with all black case and dial details.

The look of the watches is completely blacked out, but telling time is still easy thanks to a tone-on-tone look via matte black dials and polished black numbers.

As a big exception compared to all other Luminox Watches the Luminox logo Shield is also black. The 44mm watch features a carbon-reinforced polymer case, screwed down caseback, protected crown, extra-hard mineral crystal, and is
equipped with a polyurethane strap.

The Luminox Navy Seal is quickly becoming of the most popular new Luminox watches models. The Luminox 3051 Blackout Watch is extremely popular and sells out fast - so order yours now.

To purchase your Luminox Navy Seal 3051 Blackout please visit www.bluetritium.com.

Size/Diameter: 44 mm
Water Resistance: 200 meters, 20 ATM
Movement: RONDA 515 HH6
Case: PC carbon reinforced
Bezel: PC carbon reinforced, rotating, at 12H colored
Case back: PC carbon fiber reinforced
Glass: Mineral glass hardened
Crown: Stainless Steel 316L

LÜM-TEC Watches - New arrival to Blue Tritium Watches

2010-11-19T01:37:00.001-05:00

LÜM-TEC LUMZILLA Chronograph Steel Watch LZ8 (shown left)

View our LÜM-TEC watches

Blue Tritium Watches are excited to announce the arrival of our newest brand of watches to our store - LÜM-TEC!

LÜM-TEC is the brainchild of its American owner, Chris Wiegand, who has been making custom built watches and reluming dials for many years. Wiegand’s exquisite workmanship has won the hearts of many customers who suggested that he should start his own brand. And so LÜM-TEC was born.

Run by its parent company, Wiegand Custom Watch LLC, LÜM-TEC is a natural progression for the Wiegand family to bring to their many fans and collectors, quality timepieces that are still affordable.

About LÜM-TEC Watches
Each model is also highly limited, between 50-500 pieces worldwide, so you can be guaranteed a unique timepiece that won't be seen elsewhere.

MDV® TECHNOLOGY - "Maximum Darkness Visibility®" is a special 8-layer application of ultra bright glowing Swiss Superluminova® photo-luminescent material, producing an incredibly bright luminescent light afterglow charge upon exposure to UV light.

MDV® hands and dials are extremely visible in all light conditions for over 24 hours.

All prototypes are done by hand, and the factory replicates the curves, height, and finish (In factory - the lume is applied with a stylograph by machine).

A layer of titanium dioxide white is laid down by rotory print, then 6 layers of lume compound followed by a layer of clear gloss coat. Each step of this unique method must be done very carefully and elegantly so the final effect could be perfect. (a total of 8 layers applied)

MDV® technology is a registered trademark from Lüm-Tec and is the best method according to current technology possibilities!

All watches are finally tested, packaged and shipped out from Mentor, Ohio - the Home of Lüm-Tec.

Mondaine Sport Night Vision - Tritium!

2010-07-01T01:47:00.003-04:00

Did you know Mondaine makes a tritium based watch? If you love the clean design of the Mondaine face (inspired by the Swiss Railway Clocks) combined with the practical functionality of tritium - this watch is for you!

The Mondaine Sport Night Vision series comes in three styles, an all stainless steel bracelet with a white face, and a black or white face with a black leather strap. Mondaine watches are manufactured by the same company as Luminox, so you are assured quality Swiss manufactured tritium illumination.

Night Vision Specs
Movement: RONDA 509 AIG 6
Movement (type): Quartz

Case size/diameter (mm): 41.00
Case back: Screwed Caseback
Crown: Regular Gasket
Crystal/Glass material: Hardened Mineral
Water resistance (m/ft/atm): 100 / 300 / 10
Strap/Bracelet material: Brushed Stainless Steel or Black Leather
Strap width at lug (mm): 22.00

Illumination: NightVisionTubes (25 years)41.00

About Mondaine Watches

The Mondaine Official Swiss Railways watch is proud to be associated with such an example of excellent 20th century design. The simple design, the unmistakable easy-to-read face, distinctive hands and the famous red seconds hand have made the Mondaine collection successful the world over. In 1944, Hans Hilfiker, a Swiss Engineer and Designer and employee of the Federal Swiss Railways, created a clock, which has become known as the Official Swiss Railways Clock. It is amazing just how long this design has endured and now it appears to take a place in the eternal hall of fame along side other well known design icons such as the Coca-Cola bottle, the Mercedes star, the Toblerone packaging, or the design of the US dollar bill.

Mondaine Sport Night Vision

Blue Thunder Titan 100 / P6506 -100

2010-06-16T00:52:00.001-04:00

We are delighted to announce the arrival of the Blue Thunder Titan 100/P6506-100, now back in production.

The Blue Thunder Titan 100 features an unbranded military style face, blue tritium vials, an extra light titanium case and bracelet, rotating titanium bezel, sapphire crystal and an illuminated second hand.

We have collaborated with mb-microtec the maker of traser tritium watches to create this exclusive series of watches. You can only find the Blue Thunder series from our stores!

For more details please visit Blue Tritium Watches

Tritium for the Ladies

2009-08-20T01:18:00.000-04:00

Lady Trasers are here. Now the gals can enjoy the full benefits of tritium watches with a series designed especially for women. There are many to choose from in the entire Lady line, here are two - the Lady Police and the Lady White Alarm.

WHITE ALARM SPECS

Swiss quartz alarm movement
40 mm steel case with steel bezel
Sapphire crystal
Water resistance to 330 ft/145 psi
Available in white leather strap with
safety folding clasp or steel strap Classic
Lady White Alarm
with white leather strap with safety folding clasp (standard strap)
also available with steel strap Classic

LADY POLICE SPECS

Swiss quartz movement
43 mm carbon fiber case with polyamide bezel,
unidirectional rotating with trigalight^® insert
Mineral crystal
Water resistance to 100 ft/43 psi
Available in grey textile strap or black rubber strap
Lady Police
with grey textile strap (standard strap)
also available with black rubber strap

We can source any of these great watches for you. Drop us an email at
world*of*watches

Check out the entire line here: Lady Trasers

The Science Behind Tritium Watches

2009-08-20T00:53:00.000-04:00

What is Tritium?
Discovered in 1934 by Ernest Rutherford, ML Oliphant and Paul Harteck, tritium (T, or H3) is the third isotope of hydrogen (H, or H1) alongside of deuterium (D, or H2). Although tritium (also known as superheavy hydrogen) is a natural isotope, it is mainly manufactured for industrial purposes.

How does a trigalight^® tritium work?
A glass vessel is covered with luminous matter on the inner wall; subsequently, it is filled with tritium (radioactive) gas and sealed airtight. The electrons emitted by the tritium during it’s disintegration come into contact with the coating which absorbs the energy of the electrons and converts it into visible, so called cold light.

What are the risks of using Tritium in a GTLS?
None. The low energy electrons of tritium cannot escape the glass body of a mb-microtec trigalight.

Only the rupture of such a light source would free the tritium gas and it would quickly disburse. A typical traser H3 watch contains anywhere from 15 to 20 mb-microtec trigalight for a total of no more than 25 millicuries.

On a yearly bases, the wearer of such a watch must figure on an additional exposure of 0.1 micro sievert, which is about equal to the increase the human body would absorb due to cosmic or random radiation, by living an additional 12 inches above sea level. This 0.1 microsievert is also about 30’000 less than the average yearly exposure due to that same background radiation. Now, lets assume that in a closed, unventilated room all the GTLS of 40 such watches (also 1000 millicuries or 600 to 800 GTLS) would simultaneously burst open and release their tritium gas, the resulting exposure to a person in that room would still be only about 50% of the yearly, random background exposure that every living creature on earth is exposed to. This example, as unlikely as it may seem, serves well to illustrate the scientific facts about this technology and further demonstrates the safe nature of this product.

To view our collection of traser watches visit our store at Blue Tritium Watches