Staffie Guy

I got the subsecond clock option and love it during the day. However, at night I can barely see the hour hand and cannot see the minute hand. It seems like the white luminessense (sp) on the hands is not working.

Anyone with this option want to chime in on the nite time readability of your subsecond clock.

I do have an appointment with the dealer to address but am curious if this is commonplace.

Dan006

You have à picture ?
vous avez une photo ?
Merci

Staffie Guy

Here is a pic. The hour hand I can see although not as bright as I would like, but the minute hand requires a ton of squinting and eyes off the road.

Dan006

yes it is indeed boring... I would be as frustrated as you are.

Keadog

That sucks, but thank you. It's the first time I haven't regretted not ordering it.

Ahmed Kwt

is that a “Porsche design” clock? Because on the normal one it’s fine

ipse dixit

Maybe look at the PCM at night?

Staffie Guy

Yes, Porsche only makes 1 type clock. The other more popular face is the chronograph timer which BTW can easily be seen at nite.

rk-d

Honestly it’s only there for looks.

chance6

Did you try adjusting brightness??

Staffie Guy

First thing I did was adjust the brightness and still can't see minute hand.

F8Driver

Same thing, even with max brightness. Great daytime, not so great at night.

Staffie Guy

Can you also not see the minute hand or both hands are not clear. Are you thinking it is a defect or a design flaw?

woobiee

As much as I favor the sub sec clock over the standard chrono, I think the use of super luminova for the hands is a bad call. I understand why they did it; watches uses it and the sub sec clock is suppose to be mirror that.

But super luminova requires activation from light and only glows for only so long. I suspect most of our cars are stored in garages plus the fact it has a hood above to shield sunlight for readability. therefore, I suspect light activation is at a minimum.

They should have lit the hands electronically instead of using super luminova, even if it slightly departed from traditional watch making.

icanthelpit

Or your watch?