PRINTED LUMINOUS WATCH DIAL AND FILLED LUMINOUS WATCH DIAL

The watch face, also known as the Watch Dial, is arguably the most important aesthetic component of the watch. Many well-known watch brands have ingenious designs.Among them, the idea of using luminous for the hour markers decorated on the dial is also a way to attract customers.The custom dial coated with luminous is very popular among the public, and many diving watches will involve such a luminous hour marker, but also to know the time more accurately in the dark.Not only has the characteristics of beautiful and luxurious, of course, it is also to enhance the practicality of the watch to a level.In short, luminous is used in watches to facilitate people's lives and read the time in dark places.As a result, watch designers have begun to apply luminous powder materials to the hour markers and scales of Watch Hands and Watch Dials, so that the time can be easily read at night.

Luminous Dial In The Dark

WHAT IS A PRINTED LUMINOUS WATCH DIAL?

Printing is one of the four great inventions of ancient Chinese working people. Printing is the forerunner of modern human civilization, creating conditions for the widespread dissemination and exchange of knowledge. Printing has spread to North Korea, Japan, Central Asia, West Asia and Europe successively, extending many types of printing and being widely used in various industries. Among them, our watch industry will also use printing.The printed luminous watch dial is to print the hour markers or other directly on the dial, which is relatively flat. But it will be slightly higher than the dial. The method of doing this is to highlight the hour marker or the minute line or the layering of the LOGO.

Different Forms Of Luminous Dials

The basic printing technologies are interoperable, and the printing of things in the watch dial industry is also consistent.When we print, the ink is transferred to the substrate through the mesh of the graphic part through the extrusion of the scraper to form the same graphic as the original.The two most common forms of printed luminous on the watch dial are: one is to print luminous directly on the watch dial, and the other is to directly print luminous on the applied genuine hour marker indexes on the watch dial.

LUMINOUS PRINTED ON THE WATCH DIAL

After the proportion of luminous is adjusted, it is directly placed in the printing plate, and a layer is printed on the dial of the watch with a good color. Most of them choose to print the hour marker, which is more convenient for reading. Some brands of Custom Watch Dial pay more attention to the effect of luminous. They will choose to print the hour marker multiple times, so that the luminous can shine for a longer time and bring out the layering on the brass watch dial, rather than a completely flat watch dial.

PRINTED LUMINOUS ON THE APPLIED GENUINE HOUR MARKER INDEXES ON THE WATCH DIAL

For Minimalistic watches, it is important not only to consider the beauty and practicality of the design, but also to consider the cost.Some brands will choose to print luminous on applied hour marker indexes to make minimalism watch look simple and luxurious.The cost of printing luminous on the dial will be slightly different than filling luminous.Filled luminous is much more expensive than printed luminous, which is also considered by many brands of OEM ODM watches. Although the process is different, luminous can be illuminated at night.

WHAT IS SILK PRINTING AND PAD PRINTING?

Silk-screen Printed Luminous Dial

Silk printed watch dials and pad printed watch dials are both printing types. When watch manufacturers produce dials, silk screen printing and pad printing will be used at the same time. Usually the hour marker and logo printed in general are of the silk screen printing type.Padding printing is a fine and precise printing, many silk screen printing can not be replaced by pad printing.The principle of pad printing is to use a silicone pad like a yoga ball to absorb paint with patterned shapes from a steel drawing board (called cliché), and then use the elasticity of the silicone to transfer the absorbed paint to the watch dial with the pad. By pad printing dials, we can not only design customized watches for customers, but also participate in every step of dial printing. Every little detail is like yours to prove the technical craftsmanship of our factory.

Padding Printed Dial

WHAT IS A FILLED LUMINOUS WATCH DIAL?

Filled with luminous brass watch dial, we believe that one of the most common forms that you see in watches is hour marker applied real indexes filled with luminous.There are many types of indexes in this form, such as Arabic numeral index, circle index, triangle index, bar index and so on.They all achieve fullness by filling. The filling method is that these blank indexes will have a groove, fill the prepared luminous liquid through this concave hole, and then use a tool like a syringe to fill the hole.There are two display forms for filling luminous indexes, which are usually more common in Diving Watch design. The index filling is flat and looks like a matte finished.The other is raised, it looks fuller, and the surface is smooth.The applied genuine indexes on the dial are the hour markers that luxury watches love. These hour markers are based on the layering and 3D stereoscopic effect installed on the dial, and the flat printed luminous dial is two completely different features.

WHAT ARE THE COLORS OF THE LUMINOUS WATCH DIAL?

Luminous is a practical trend, not only used on watch dials, but also on watch hands, Watch Bezel inserts and other accessories. Watch manufacturers are constantly innovating luminous to find the ideal illuminator.Luminous is a practical trend, not only used on watch dials, but also on watch hands, watch bezel inserts and other accessories. Watch manufacturers are constantly innovating luminous to find the ideal illuminator.

There are many colors of luminous, but the two most commonly used luminous are from Japan and Switzerland. Usually the color is white or beige during the day and green or blue-green at night.Generally, Japanese luminous glows green at night. Choosing Japanese luminous is the choice of various brands, because the cost performance is good.The cost of super-Luminova from Switzerland is higher than that of Japanese luminous, and the common colors of night light are green and blue-green.Super-Luminova C1 and super-Luminova C3 glow green at night, while super-Luminova Grade A BGW9 glows blue-green at night. Swiss luminous is very popular with big-name watches, such as RLX watches, Omega watches, Panerai watches favored by the brand.

Luminous Is Widely Used In Watch Parts

The emergence of watches allows people to accurately calculate and arrange the time at all times, but at night or in other dark places, the time cannot be read at any time, and the time cannot be easily "controlled".The luminous watch came into being as a bright pearl in the dark night, illuminating the way forward. There are already many types of luminous on the market. In order to seize the opportunity, every watch manufacturer is innovating for their own luminous, not only the innovation of color, but also the innovation of luminous durability.

More and more diving watches, military watches, sailing watches, tourbillon watches will use luminous to create the value of the watch. Whether it is printed luminous or filled with luminous, it is a different form of expression, no one is better than the other.They are only different in form and show different effects. Which one you choose is based on your own brand value. For example, if you are a luxurious and gorgeous watch, of course, choose the filled dial as the best design advantage.