Where Are All The Good, Cheap Tritium Watches? 

The dial of the quartz watch looks like a circular bar code. The search continues. Keep up the good work Jody.

As a Chemist, I have always been cautious of budget or discount Tritum. Whenever I see it I just assume the tritium vials are older. The main thing to remember with Tritium is that 12.5-year half-life, and the countdown starts as soon as that vial is sealed off. So if the vial winds up sitting around unused for a few years, that's a good chunk of its useful life you can never get back.

Jody , suggestion for a video: who’s who of micro brands? Are they struggling, starry eyed young designers? Rich kids having fun? Faceless mass producer? Thanks

I love my Traser watch, fully lumed dial plus Tritium tubes and sapphire glass, lights up everything. It was around $400 though, if someone is looking for super cheap. I guess tactical is in the eye of the beholder. I'm not sure why you would be crawling around the jungle, in the dark, with a dress watch but then I don't know Australia.

Aliexpress sells cheap tritium watches in a field watch style, the brand is Carnival.

One of the best value Tritium watches I've seen and use to have is the Carnival 8638G. That was before I had my channel though, so I don't have a review. I have reviewed the Yelang V1019 though.

I love tritium tube watches and have a number of them: Luminox, Isobrite, Armourlite, Nite, and Traser. Last summer I got the same Yelang you highlight here (the second one), the exact same pilot watch. I chose the black version because I only have the Traser in black metal but bigger, and the resin-type case Luminox and armourlite. I had the same problem with the bracelet and could NOT size it because of the micro issue. So I bought a "Barton Elite Silicone band", in black, with quick release pins and it works GREAT (with multiple lug sizes available). I absolutely love this watch and wear it often, even more than my Traser and Luminox watches (which are also black). It is very legible and not big or heavy - just right. IMPORTANT note: with tritium watches, some T-25 and some T-100, I can tell you that this Yelang watch is NOT as bright as a T-100 as with other manufacturers; it's more like a T-25. My Isobrite is a T-100 and my Armourlite is a T-25, both higher quality and more expensive watches, but from the same company. This Yelang T-100 is like the T-25 Armourlite or cheaper Lumiinox, not the T-100 Isobrite.

Deep Blue makes a number of affordable tritium divers. They're chunky, but the 41 is wearable even for smaller wrists.

Had a look on Ali Express and came across the EPOCH 6021G. Tritium tubes, sapphire crystal, 100m water resistant and apparently has a swiss movement inside for £121

My 20 year old Luminox still has outstanding night time legibility.

Glad to hear I’m not the only person with a “bed watch”. I have an old Luminox that I wore for 10-12 years before the movement died. I got a donor watch with a busted lug off eBay and rebuilt it. That tritium is great for a night watch.

Hey Jody! Regarding the “10-year battery” claim of the pilot styled Yelang, Ronda does make a modified 515 movement that uses a lithium cell (most often a CR2032) instead of the standard 370/371 (SR920). Now 10 years may be a stretch, but with a watch that only displays the time and the date, it would certainly last a good long while. I am an apprentice watchmaker, and we see these movements all the time when servicing quartz watches. Typically, they are in watches with more complications.

Nothing beats an LED watch in the dark. I have a mid-'70s Westtime that still works just fine.

Aragon has some good quality pieces.. I just bought one today.

I guess you'd have to play the Airwolf-theme at 11 to fully appreciate that logo... :D

3:30 That is why I absolutely love tritium watches the glow stays the same & never fades I couldn’t care less that the other one glows brighter at first because it fades away so quickly anyway

Aragon, formerly Android, has a few affordable T-100 watches. I have 2 of their Regeneron T-100's and love them. $219 on their site. 42mm and 50mm.

I always switch to a night time watch, my Zelos Abyss 3. The Lume is outstanding & if there's a break in it can be used as a weapon.

I literally looked up Tritium watches about 30 minutes ago and now you upload this, damn.

Your bed watch! Ditto! I have an LL Bean Tritium Tube Field watch and every night off goes the watch of the day and on goes the Tritium Tube watch! Good vid. Keep at it!

"I will be going for the leather strap, as I will explain later" We already know Jody that the bracelet will be crap now.

If they go quartz I hope they go mecha-quartz for that smooth sweep of the seconds hand and to avoid the seconds hand missing the markers as so often happens on quartz watches. Love to see Casio make a tritium lumed watch ... I think it would be right up their alley too.

I was considering a Traser watch before getting a Marathon. Some of the newer Traser models are advertising an 8 year lithium battery with a Rhonda 715.

Jody, Deep Blue makes a nice selection of Tritium divers on sale now for $500, selita movements, sapphire, etc. 😎

I used to own a Smith and Wesson Emissary and I really loved the looks of it. Unfortunately I had the newer version with only tritium tubes at the 12, 3, 6, 9 and on the hands. The older version is better since it has a tritium tube at each hour marker. It is a tactical style watch (similar to Marathon) so you have to like that style, but for the price point it's a fantastic watch!

The hunt continues! I'd love an inexpensive T-100 tritium watch, but these just aren't up my alley. Great video as always, Jody!

Spot on. If they take your advice to heart, they could be winners with their resources.

They're like a couple of my exes, they look better in the dark.

I own both Marathon and Traser. I can recommend the Marathon but the Traser had some serious crown issues and is currently inoperable in my drawer. I've heard nothing but good about Deep Blue's tritium divers, if I was gonna go budget I'd definitely check them out. They regularly have 40 percent off, which brings their sapphire/NH35 tritium diver under 300 dollars.

I bought a Deep Blue T-100, tritium watch some 3-4 months ago Jody. 41mm, white dial & I love it! It was however US$330 or thereabouts with I think a 30% discount. Sapphire crystal with AR coating & rated at 500m also! Worth a look.👍🏼😎

Luminox is a affordable choice.

I have to give it to the swiss quartz movement, it ticks very consistently. Shame it does so between the markers.

When Jody recommends a leather strap on ali, I can already guess it's due to the "superb" quality of the bracelet

Hi jody, I own a praetorian tritium had for last 7 years still bright, cost 150 gbp, fantastic watch

OOH! Happy to see more tritium! Funny thought though - I guess liking these watches more when the lights go out than during the day is a good thing(?). The phrase 'coyote ugly' comes to mind.

I do love the idea of affordable watches with tritium tubes. For a graphic design class I took this past semester I made some concept material for my own watch brand (that I might actually start when I have some money and/or partners/investors) and it used tritium tubes.

I’m researching tritium watches too Jody, Traser watches are looking good to me, perhaps you could review some of theirs ? Keep up the good work 😎👍

Pronounce Yah Lang Probably means night wolf in Chinese. I'd go for the marathon though

I don't wear watches to bed, but if I were, I'd have to go for an indiglo Timex.

Perfect timing for this review. I am one of those 40%rs who swaps to a tritium watch at night. Currently I wear a Deep Blue DayNight Recon with an ETA 2824. I have been looking for an affordable quartz option so that I don't run the risk of letting the DB run down. You Sir are a mind reader.

Nice video Jody, THX! If you own a Seiko Flightmaster you have a few 21mm straps lying around.

I got a KHS Reaper recently which is a nice, affordable tritium watch from Germany. The white and red lume is very cool looking.

I wear 24/7 and yes, I switch to a different watch if the one I'm wearing has poor lume. Nice to hear it's not as uncommon as one might think. I might even charge mine with a flashlight prior to hitting hay as well, just so I know lume makes it to least early morning.

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I have a Vostok K-39 with Tritium. It's big and thick, but I have big enough wrists to wear it well. And the cream /black colourway I own, imo is a very good looking watch.

I got a Carnival 1986 field watch with tritium and I just love this watch. I don't know what it is but I find myself wearing it all the time. It is also my bedside stand 'clock'. The tritium is excellent when checking in the night.

I've been in the search too, glad to see you're on the case.

Love your videos brother. Lol I've purchased so many watches because of your videos.

I only use my Yelang pilot when I defecate. The dark colour helps when I clean the mess. They are certainly well made. Perhaps you also should consider to buy one, for your defecations.

I checked my Ebay account and it says this black Yelang Pilot watch is a WR100M, sold by pony3477, and now comes with a leather strap. It's listed at 42mm bezel x 11.4 thick, with a 20mm lug (which is the size black Barton Elite silicone band I used).

Perfectly timed video , my cousin was just asking me about Lumed watches that would last the night. I didn't know any decently made and priced tritium watches. Now i could recommend some. Thanks !!!

Glad to know I'm not the only one to have a 'Designated Bed watch', which I believe should be an LED lit up display or a Tritium watch for extra convenience. (My go to is my Marathon Navigator, extremely light with a Tritium pip on the Bezel)

I'm 40% !! Helps to figure out whether I should go back to sleep. My nighttime watches: Marathon GSAR. Luminox. CountyComm GMT Rhonda Quartz Super LumiNova

I bought an Epoch 6029G from the Quick Fashion Watch store on AliE. The case isn’t going to win any awards, but the textured dial is quite nice and reminds you of the Aqua Terra and the handset does it justice. The movement is the Sea-Gull ST2130 which is outstanding. There’s an option for the ETA 2824, but I like the ST2130 so we’ll I don’t think it’s worth the extra money. I liked it so well I bought a second in white to go with my blue one. I got one on the bracelet and one on leather, but swapped out both for custom leather. The supplied leather is your typical Chinese leather strap so nothing special. The bracelet isn’t bad. The crown is NOT screw down as the ad suggests making the 100m of WR a bit suspect. Very comfortable on wrist with T25 that is almost too bright at night.

Does the V in PVD stand for Vader, Jody?

If you really want a affordable everyday tritium watch have a look at KHS Watches. It's Quartz and not exactly haute horlogerie but a fairly good looking beater watch nevertheless. I got a KHS Reaper which I use for hunting at night because of its obvious benefits in dark environments. For around 140€ it's a pretty good contender for a tritium watch. If you want I can send you mine for review.

Nice work Jodie, Ronda 715LI with CR2032 in my Nite Alpha300 which I swap to wear at night.

I'd second Deep Blue. Would recommend their 41mm T-100 models.

I just received my Deep Blue ALPHA MARINE 500 TRITIUM T-100 and I love it. It's 45mm, so it may be too big for small wrists.

I own the nite icon . One of my favorite beater watches Swiss quartz movement. I love tritium lume wish some of the bigger brands used it.

Vostok Europe has amazing looking tritium watches - and the only ones I've ever seen with vertical tritium vials.

Jody, why not a Luminox (or a 2nd hand Luminox)? I can also vouch for Deep Blue build quality.

Dunno if you'll see this Jody, but you and I emailed about this brand, thanks for getting a review in. they don't look great. As someone else said check out deep blue. They finally came out with a small version, the daynight 41. Discount Code 'Deep' is always in effect, so they are always 40 percent off.

The Aragon Regeneron T100 is a 42mm skeleton dive watch with the Seiko NH70 for 189$. Or you can get the Aragon DF-45 T100 dive watch with a Seiko NH35 for 169$ but it's a big boy at 45mm.

Luminox makes A LOT of great affordable tritium watches. A bit tactical? Yes, but really not more so than your typical dive watch on a rubber strap...

Thanks for this video, Jody. I would indeed like a watch with Tritium, but none of these two are to my liking. I look forward to more of your “affordable Tritium watches” videos.

Ronda 715LI has the 10+ year battery life and is a 5 jewel movement ,The Miyota 2S60 also has a 10 year battery life. I have a deep blue and a Reactor Gryphon, both have been great. I daily the reactor , it has both super luminova and tritium .

Great, timely topic. Your content is a treat every time. Thanks so much!

I think a few others have mentioned them, but I'd also suggest you have a look at Deep Blue. They're a bit chunky, but there are a few models with T-100 tubes. They frequently have "sales" but the 40% off codes work pretty much all the time, so assume that the actual price is 40% off SRP. Lots of brand character as well. For better or worse, there would certainly be plenty for you to talk about.

Try the Jack Mason AOPA Aviator. Nice size, good tritium and even a 2-way rotating bezel. Keep the videos coming! Great leads for a recently self- diagnosed, early onset horophile.

I'm curious: What does a 10 yo tritium tube look like vs 10 yo lume?

Deep Blue: probably too big for most folks at 45mm, but they have a 41mm "Tritdiver". On a rubber strap it is nominally $330, but the discount code "Blue" seems to work all the time and drops the price 40%. At $200 they are good value - the rubber straps are pretty good too.

Check out Deep Blue watches they have a tritium diver. 41mm, $333 on leather, $416 on steel. Usually a 40,% off code like deep or cyber will work. Good quality watches.

This is the first time that I see fake micro adjustments on the clasp 😂. The question is: why???

Bought a t25 equipped diver from Amazon about 2 or 3 years ago for £164. It's branded "i.Concept" ; a marathon homage, 42mm diameter, 50mm lug to lug, 22mm lug width, all stainless steel, claims 200m water resistance, a rather substantial and nicely gnarled screw down crown, solid screw link bracelet with solid male end links, flat sapphire with anti-reflective coating, nh35, limited to 3000 apparently (might be true as no longer on sale and never seen elsewhere), maddening 90 click unidirectional spring and ball bezel which is nicely lumed but with such poor action and OCD inducing misalignment. I thought it was a bargain, I do wear it as a daily, very robust, very accurate, very heavy (could be used as a weapon!); the bezel annoys me but over all I'm glad I bought it. I am looking for another diver with a better bezel and excellent lume though and am very tempted with a few steeldives.

Deep Blue makes a number of tritium tube dial divers. Mostly very chunky, but excellent water resistance to go with the size. Very reasonable price for the quality and specs.

Love the look of these watches. Tritium is usually a premium so it's nice to see it at this price point. May have to slip them a message to see if I can get one in for review.

As everyone else already said. Carnival sell tritium watches on aliexpress for around 90-100 usd. Deep Blue sell a bunch of them for around 200-300 dollars Luminox are pretty cheap if you get them off ebay Nite sell tritium watches from from 250 dollars upwards Armourlite / isobrite are 300 upwards.

Hi Jody, I have a ARAGON DF-45 T100 tritium watch. Big chunky thing at 45mm and has a NH 35 movement, $170 USD. I know it's there at all times.

A Timex Indiglo like the Waterbury also makes a great night time watch Nothing glows like a backlit dail

I like your T-shirt and there's a nice watch to go with it . The Casio DW5900 😜

Check out the Jack Mason AOPA Pilot’s Chronograph, Jody; it’s big, but it’s got 100m water resistance, chronograph complication, a 12-hour second time zone bezel,, date complication, and good tritium in a legible flieger layout for under $500.

Hi Jody, you should take a look at Aragon watches out of Florida. They ues the t100 tritium tubes in some of their watches. They offer large watches 45 to 50 mm but recently introduced 42 mm ones. All appear to be well made.

Thank you Jody, I was interested in that brand but was afraid it's bad, I settled for a Luminox 7251 instead, thank God.

Ronda 715 Li is the movement. I have the same watch - in mine, they use the "Swiss Made" version, which is better than the "Swiss Parts" version of the movement. It uses a CR2016 battery.

Even more likes and comments to feed the algorithm. And, with no relationship at all to this review, have you seen the new Oris 65s ? Pastel pink , powder baby blue, - and pale green dials- with bronze cases and bracelets ?? They're called the " Cotton Candy" releases. Looking forward to your review !

Check out the Aragon Hercules for affordable Tritium options. A bit top heavy, but a solid specd out watch.

First time learning about Tritium. Probably is why there are LED watches you can see the time at night real cheap too.

I've been eyeballing Epoch tritium watches on Aliexpress, but I've yet to see anyone do a review on one.

I got a bracelet off of Ali that had those shoulders that made the micro adjust unusable. I filed them down and now it works. It's helpful to put it in a vice. But it was stupid that I had to do that; it's a clear design flaw. Either way, the tritium is a showstopper for me.

I prefer regular Lume,I had a Luminox and it was great when there was no light at all,but not when the light was dim. And that is when I need it most.

Traser have a whole boat load of very nice sub-£1000 tritium watches and MWC have a whole boatload for under £500. Both companies have uber-tactical and some slightly more tool-ish models.

Ball Railroader : 36mm, tritium tubes, sapphire, integrated bracelet with diver extention... blingy little field watch! (Can be found for around $300)

marathon has to be my favorite. quality and straight toughness. great price too

I did have a Luminox with a Swiss Rhonda movement that had a 10 yr battery. Sorry, I can’t remember the movement number. I will not get tritium again unless it is t00. The Luminox blew me away at first, but then I got a few Seikos that made the t35 tubes seem horrible. Some day, I hope to have tritium again. I have been considering some of the Nite t100 models. Good luck finding yours Jody!

Jody you should give Aragon Watches a try. Now granted they are BIGGER in size from 45mm to 50mm but they wear very nice even if you have small wrist. I have their bioluminescence and a full lume dial divemaster

I once had cheap Marathon mechanical watch and managed to break the spring as I was winding it. Last 10 years my 24/7 watch barring special occasions has been Nite MX10 with stainless strap. Not the cheapest nor the best I think but very robust and at least to my eye it looks good enough.

I have 4 tritium watches. Favorite is the quartz polycarbonate case marathon . Second best is a quartz pvd field style made by military watch co.

Jody. There’s a Nite Icon that doesn’t look too military and is way cheaper than a Ball, but its dimensions are a bit funky.

Jody, Luminox also makes tritium watches in quite a variety of sizes actually. Both automatic and quartz, though they're almost all north of 300 USD.