Sottomarino Polycarbonate Tritium Ballistics Grade Swiss Dive Watch

(** If you just want to see the watches being shot, start the video at 4:00 minutes.) In a review of this Sottomarino Tritium Lucciola watch, we put the ballistics grade crystal to the test in our makeshift gun range and take a shot at the crystal. See how the Lucciano ballistics crystal stands up against a hardened mineral crystal and a sports acrylic crystal.

The Sottomarino Tritium Lucciola features a Swiss movement with a marine grade stainless steel case and band. The highlight of this watch is the self-luminescent mb-microtec H3 tritium tube markers that will glow 24/7 for 10-20 years. Tritium is a naturally found Hydrogen atom with an atomic weight of 3, so its symbol is H3. In watches the gas is hermetically sealed inside glass tubes (vials) coated with phosphorescent paint, together this creates a chemical reaction producing colourful glowing light. Tritium has a half life of 12.3 years so its brightness will start to fade after that. Tritium watches are useful for people who work for long periods in the dark, for deep sea and night diving or for people who want to own an exclusive Tritium timepiece.

NOTE: Some people have said this shows it's not a ballistics grade crystal. I disagree. Near the end of the video it shows how the .177 pellet was lodged in the crystal and never penetrated all the way through the crystal. The watch was still keeping time, whereas the other 2 watches were destroyed. The glue did not hold the crystal in place, otherwise the crystal would have remained in the case with some cracks and a lodged bullet. The glue is not ballistics grade, but the crystal is. The particular gun used shoots a .177 pellet over 950 ft/sec which is equal to many .22 standard firearms. So it had the same speed as a .22, just a slightly smaller bullet. It was also shot at a close range of 4 ft. so it had maximum velocity.
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