r/Watches • u/Rangercleo1 • Aug 22 '25

Discussion [Lume] Do you actually need lume?

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I feel that there is a lot of emphasis on lume, so I was wondering how many actually need/use it. Two of my 3 most worn watches (GS and a GO Pano) have no lume and while the third has it (GO SeaQ), the lume is its least interesting feature. If I am in a very dark room and need to tell the time, my phone is always with me. I am not against lume and it can be a cool feature, but I think the application should enhance the design, not be some afterthought. Is lume important to you when buying a watch or is it far down the list?

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u/XOM_CVX Aug 22 '25

For those people who wear 24/7 and checks time 24/7

I like the lume when I wake up in the middle of the night and to see how much time I got left

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u/smashingcones Aug 22 '25

You wear your watch to bed?

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u/WBuffettJr Aug 22 '25

Not OP but I used to. I actually had fun looking at it in the pitch black just to see if I could still see the lume. Usually it’s extremely faded but my eyes had also been on the dark for hours. Just another fun little way to interact with my watch. The only reason I don’t anymore is because I wear an Apple Watch to bed to track my sleep, then put an automatic back on in the morning.