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Old 5 August 2010, 12:08 AM   #1
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a friend of mine in spain has a 1996's 14060 U series, no-date sub, the inscripcion at 6 o'clock on the dial says swiss-t <25 but the indexes looks LUMINOVA, is it possible? maybe a transition model?

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Old 5 August 2010, 12:42 AM   #2
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The first Luminova dials did not start till 1998 - 2000 bottom of dial Swiss Made. After 2000 Super Luminova with just Swiss bottom of dial too present day,that dial in picture if its genuine shows a Tritium mark dial.Used from 1960 till 1998you will see Swiss T< 25 stands for radioactive Tritium lume but less than 925 Mbq (25mCi)
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Old 5 August 2010, 12:46 AM   #3
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The first Luminova dials did not start till 1998 - 2000 bottom of dial Swiss Made. After 2000 Super Luminova with just Swiss bottom of dial too present day,that dial in picture if its genuine shows a Tritium mark dial.Used from 1960 till 1998you will see Swiss T< 25 stands for radioactive Tritium lume but less than 925 Mbq (25mCi)
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The first Luminova dials did not start till 1998 - 2000 bottom of dial Swiss Made. After 2000 Super Luminova with just Swiss bottom of dial too present day,that dial in picture if its genuine shows a Tritium mark dial.Used from 1960 till 1998you will see Swiss T< 25 stands for radioactive Tritium lume but less than 925 Mbq (25mCi)
Sorry, but I beg to differ. The very first Luminova dials came with the old style tritium markings (Swiss T < 25), which were confusing, and 1996 sounds too early. The U series came during 1998 if I remember correctly, and this is also the year when tritium marked Luminova dials appeared. Later on that year the Luminova dials came with markings "Swiss", and 2000 and onwards they are Super Luminova, and marked "Swiss made".

It is easy to test the dial to see if it is Luminova, and I have to agree that the structure of the surface on the hour markers looks like Luminova. Tritium markers are much smoother.

To me the 14060 looks correct. It is most likely from 1998, and came original like that. I remember checking them out then (and not liking the green colour of Luminova; I still do not like the green colour...).

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Old 5 August 2010, 01:31 AM   #5
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Sorry, but I beg to differ. The very first Luminova dials came with the old style tritium markings (Swiss T < 25), which were confusing, and 1996 sounds too early. The U series came during 1998 if I remember correctly, and this is also the year when tritium marked Luminova dials appeared.
in fact ANOTHER friend of mine in spain has a 1998's 14060 no-date, in the photo I see a LUMINOVA, in my opinion



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