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huangwn88
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Nov 12, 2017
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DerpternlinsonSaw some review online. It doesn't have luminous hands
BF_Hammer
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Nov 13, 2017
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DerpternlinsonMondaine does not add lume to their white dial designs. It would actually make the watch less legible IMO. Unless you use a very black-colored lume, but I have not seen a good black lume to date. I'm speaking as an ower of a white Mondaine Stop2Go and a former owner of a 1990's automatic version in white. The white dial is so high-contrast and easy to read even with just a TV illuminating a dark room.
That said, I think white is the only way to go if you are a true fan of the Swiss Railways clock design, and no distracting date complications either.
That said, I think white is the only way to go if you are a true fan of the Swiss Railways clock design, and no distracting date complications either.
Vl4disl4v
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Nov 14, 2017
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BF_HammerWould you recommend some white dial mechanical/automatic no date model?
BF_Hammer
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Nov 15, 2017
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Vl4disl4vFirst of all, I have to eat my words about no lume on white dial versions. I just had a look at Mondaine's official website and they now have a "backlight" line where the underside of the hands have some lume that illuminates down on the dial. Would love to see photos of that working.
As for a no-date model, you just cannot find a mechanical/auto movement in one. There was a 34mm size model called the Ecomatic from the 1990s that used a typical Swatch auto movement and the case was made of recycled brass. I bought a NOS example about 10 years ago but that was even a bit small for my taste (and I tend to prefer mid-size watches).
I currently have a Stop2Go and really like it. The movement is not a typical quartz. The seconds hand steps 4 times per second, stops at the top of the minute, steps the minute hand 1 full step, then resumes ticking. This is all to mimic the way the actual Swiss railways station clocks operate (they intentionally run them fast, and the pause at the top of each minute is synchronized by wire with all railways clocks to stay on the same correct time). Also the case design is not the same old boring-vanilla style of the automatics Mondaine has made in the last 10 years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DhZdh02Qcc I tried to embed the video I made of my watch, but can't figure out how.
As for a no-date model, you just cannot find a mechanical/auto movement in one. There was a 34mm size model called the Ecomatic from the 1990s that used a typical Swatch auto movement and the case was made of recycled brass. I bought a NOS example about 10 years ago but that was even a bit small for my taste (and I tend to prefer mid-size watches).
I currently have a Stop2Go and really like it. The movement is not a typical quartz. The seconds hand steps 4 times per second, stops at the top of the minute, steps the minute hand 1 full step, then resumes ticking. This is all to mimic the way the actual Swiss railways station clocks operate (they intentionally run them fast, and the pause at the top of each minute is synchronized by wire with all railways clocks to stay on the same correct time). Also the case design is not the same old boring-vanilla style of the automatics Mondaine has made in the last 10 years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DhZdh02Qcc I tried to embed the video I made of my watch, but can't figure out how.
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