How to Lume Hands and Dial Brighter Than Seiko!

Let’s re-lume a set of hands and a sandwich dial so that it’s brighter than a Seiko Prospex diver! In this video, we’ll outline every step involved in the luming process, from getting the ingredients required, to how to prepare the lume compound, and finally to the proper application of the lume compound onto the hands and dials.

We are using our DIY Watch Club Lume Kit with the bulk of the tutorial, but we also used the Bergeon 5680 Luminous Compound Kit to compare their performance. Stay till the end to see how they fare against our kit!

#lumeshot

Timestamps:
▶ 00:00 - Introduction
▶ 00:29 - Lume kit, tools and ingredients needed
▶ 01:11 - Hand removal
▶ 01:53 - Removing old lume
▶ 02:32 - Method 1 for mixing lume compound
▶ 02:58 - Method 2 for lume compound for max brightness
▶ 05:42 - Applying lume compound onto watch hands
▶ 08:08 - Applying lume on a sandwich dial
▶ 09:15 - Dial and hand installation
▶ 09:25 - Comparison with Bergeon 5680 Lume Kit
▶ 10:06 - LUME SHOTS

Tools used in this video:

Happy watchmaking!

[kenshinbattousai]

From experience in a lab making very small batch bioplastics: DO NOT ADD THE LUME POWDER DIRECTLY TO THE CRUCIBLE. Weigh the lume on a square of wax paper with a single crease in the middle. You will need to tare the scale for the paper. You will weigh lume and binder separately this way, and tare the crucible with compound when adding the thinner with a syringe. This is much more precise, and prevents accidentally adding too much lume to the crucible, which is a one way trip.

[jackmaher]

I am a full time watchmaker for over 40 years. Lume has always been a pain in the butt to me. This vid gave me some great tips and I expect to use them next time and have a better result on my repairs. Thank you and good job.

[DIYWatchClub]

This is a big one! We spent quite some time preparing this video guide. Hope you find this useful! Comment down below what you think about it, I'd love to hear from you all!

[alexbraun]

Lovely simple straightforward clear narration which makes it sound so easy and I can just see myself making the biggest mess possible 😣

[Judas_Phart]

Extremely useful and informative instruction video, that will be very helpful to the vast majority of people that see it.

[michaelperry]

Great vid as always. I've already tried luming before but the kit I have has no thinner. To get the right consistency I could not add as much lume powder as I wished. So I learnt something new today. I look forward to you releasing the kit and more excellent video's.

[wingi]

Excellent! So do you have a vid on how to lume a bezel perchance?

[manuelneves]

Je suis heureux d'être tombé sur votre vidéo très enrichissante et du coup je découvre votre chaine avec plein d'autres vidéos qui m'intéressent tout autant. Merci d'avoir partagé si bien vos connaissances. Salutations de Paris.

[jezzamatic]

100% awesome video! So helpful! I've a custom etched brass dial I would love to try this set but sadly in the UK. Thank you ever so much for this video!

[kroon]

I imagine luming a non sandwich dial is harder.
Id love a vid on that 👍

[rehajm]

Thanks- there's some good tips there...I've used the Bergeon kit with only modest success. I'm going to give your recipes a try

[kait]

Perhaps dumb question: does this work with resin as well? Thank you!

[kaylafoley-kn]

is it possible to do this in a tachymeter on a speed master steel on steel i’m about to pull the trigger and am not sure if this lume will stick to the bezel

[sudiptasen]

How to clear the extra layer from the back of hands?

[sudiptasen]

Hi bro,
I am from India. Now these kits are not available in India or costs very high due to import duties.
So, is there any chance to send my father's Westend Prima dial and hands to you for lume restoration?

[Zeratsu]

nicely shot and explained video, liked! Is BGW9 is brighter than C3? Also the saying "we've put 15 layers of lume" is a bull$hit then? )

[Zeratsu]

which one is more long-lasting C3 or BGW9?

[鄭志峰-xx]

Dear
Your lume is C3 or C1 other ?
Thank you🙂

[MotorcyclistDiaries]

Thank you for the video, recently I've changed hands on my Seiko SKX 007, for original seiko SNZ hands (sword shape) which I really like, but SNZ hands have definitely less brightness and lasting than original skx hands and existing dial. I would like to swap lume on SNZ hands for better lume ability. Do you think the lume which is in the kit can compete with seiko diver watch lume with brightness and long lasting?
P. S. BTW Big thank you for your hands installation video, that really helped me with my first mod!

[j_holtslander]

Can’t seem to find the application tool on your webstore