Watch in the Dark

Some people love them, and some people hate them - tritium watches have been the subject of debate for some. One group seems to think of tritium watches (crudely referred to as glow-in-the-dark watches) as tacky, the kind of thing that you would wear to try to be cool and impress other people. The other group would point out that tritium watches are, in fact, cool and who wears them really shouldn't affect the reputation of the watch itself. Love it or hate it though, it would seem that the tritium watches are here to stay - mainly because people find them either useful or comforting on top of actually being cool.

For most people, being able to tell time in the dark is something that they really need to be able to do - for example, they may be required to work in low-light conditions, or perhaps they like engaging in leisure activities where there is a limited light source (like in dance clubs where any light that they may have is of very little use at all). More often than not, the popularity of the tritium watch is firmly rooted in its practicality. In a very strange way, the very practicality of the tritium watch is what makes it so darn cool to people.

The thing about tritium watches is that in order to help their owners tell the time in the dark, they emit a kind of light that emphasizes the hands and numbers of the watch. The fact that the glow is quite fascinating and interesting to look at when you're actually in pitch darkness is purely incidental. The futuristic feel of this effect, however, even almost a century after the first tritium watches were used by the military, has made it an object of desire for a whole lot of people. Let's just leave it at that.

By:
Ashley Diener
http://tritium-watch.com/