Toptime.eu - European distributor of LUM-TEC watches. Authorized dealer of Steinhart, Luminox, Epos, Kadloo and Think the Earth watches.

Starting from nothing and arriving today at the point where Luminox is distributed and available in more than 30 nations around the world, Luminox is an American brand employing a Swiss illumination technology in a Swiss made watch. The line began with one very basic model and grew to include many more models over time. Noticing a trend toward watches aimed at the active sports market, Luminox created a dive model in 1993. This was the first time luck played a significant part in our development. A U.S. Navy SEAL procurement officer contacted Luminox and explained their need for this luminous technology for use on night missions and asked to have the new dive watch re-engineered to meet their rigorous specifications. After many months of redesigning, the revamped dive watch was offered to the SEAL teams in early 1994, and Luminox went out to the world to offer this same watch to consumers as the Original Navy SEAL dive watch. It became an instant success. With the enhanced readability having been requested by and supplied to U.S. Navy SEALs, consumers correctly reasoned that if it was good enough for one of the world’s most elite military forces, it surely was good enough for their recreational uses. Read more..