Talk:Luminox

Half-Life?
To read less like an advertisement, the short longevity of the luminosity should be given. Tritium says the tritium half-life is approximately 12.32 years. Assuming that's the only degrading factor (unlike Radium dials), and not any other components, that suggests a strong, useful life of perhaps 6 years. But perceptively "like new" would be closer to three years at best. --68.127.87.182 (talk) 05:35, 21 July 2011 (UTC)Doug Bashford


 * That's not how half-life works. Tritium indicators will lose roughly half their brightness after the 12.32 year period, because half of the tritium will have decayed to helium-3; as a result, fewer emitted particles will strike the coated glass which causes the luminescence.  Therefore, after 12.32 years, the watch will be about half as bright.  I would still consider this usable.  I would like to perhaps see some criteria regarding the "usefulness" of luminescent watch markers and at what point they are no longer bright enough to be easily viewed.  In any case, claiming that a watch is only useful for a certain amount of time seems well out of the scope of this article, which should primarily describe the company's history and products.  Wikipedia =/= Consumer Reports.
 * P924 CarreraGTS (talk) 18:37, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Needs to be better written.
Just a suggestion; but it seems that this article could do with a writing style revision.

The first section, Luminox, does not start by telling the reader what is it (i.e., "Luminox is a U.S. watch company started by...").

The Luminox History section also does not seems to have any history to it. The first sentence of a new section should not start "Luminox also..."

The Watches and Info section contains way too many pronouns (specifically, "they"). The sentences in this section are also very choppy and simplistic, as if written by an adolescent.

This article does not seem up to par with other Wikipedia articles I've used. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.140.188.38 (talk) 04:57, 10 April 2012 (UTC) <!--Autosigned by SineBot--

There is no requirement for citation for the statement "In the tube, the tritium gives off a steady stream of electrons due to beta decay. These particles excite the phosphor, causing it to emit a low, steady glow." at the end of the "Notable Technology" section. In the wikipedia article on "Tritium Illumination" there are citations for these claims which prove that they are accurate.