Looks like a cool watch and useful, too.
Key features:

LED Illumination

LED Flashlight: This helpful feature has three modes: Extended Light, Signal, and Quick Search. When activated the Extended Light will shine for 2.5 minutes before automatically deactivating.  Extended Light also has the option to control light deactivation if you want to turn it off sooner. For those who wish to signal for help or to a friend in the crowd, the Signal mode can be activated. In this mode, the light will strobe until deactivated – a critical feature for emergency situations.  In the Quick Search mode, the LED light can stay activated indefinitely as long as depressed. Upon release, the light will stay active for an additional five seconds; a convenient way to do a quick search in the dark.

Dial Illumination

Night Vision’s dial illumination mode offers the option to clearly view the time in the dark.  Additionally, the Super-LumiNova pigment applied to the watch’s hands and markers becomes activated by the UV extending visibility once the UV dial light turns off.  The Super-LumiNova brand pigment has a much greater light storage capacity compared to traditional illumination materials, and provides up to 100 times stronger light intensity.

LED Locator Beacon

Misplacing your watch is no longer a problem with Night Vision. It is equipped with a red locator beacon, positioned at the 6 o’clock marker, that discreetly blinks every ten seconds.

Victorinox Swiss Army’s Night Vision, an active “watch-light” available for Fall ’03, is the world premier fusion of advanced lighting technology with a Swiss precision watch. Equipped with five lighting modes – Extended Light, Signal, Quick Search, Dial Illumination and an LED Locator Beacon – Night Vision was engineered to meet the everyday needs of urbanites and travelers alike, yet it also can assist in emergency situations. Dropped your keys in the dark? Use Night Vision’s Quick Search mode to look under seats or along curbs. Can’t find your watch? Just wait 10 seconds and look for its built-in LED Locator Beacon. And for those adventurers who enjoy hiking after sunset or who get caught in the dark by surprise, the Extended Light mode provides 2.5 minutes of illumination at a time.

Emissive Energy® Corporation, a manufacturer of high-quality LED lighting equipment and marketer of the INOVA® brand, transformed Victorinox Swiss Army’s vision for a “watch-light” into reality. “It is a perfect marriage,” says Sue Rechner, President of Victorinox Swiss Army Watch SA. “We have always respected the INOVA brand and have coupled INOVA with our Victorinox® multi-tool products.  But this is the first time we’ve worked with INOVA to create integrated components and we couldn’t be happier with the end result. Night Vision is a groundbreaking innovation for Victorinox Swiss Army and the watch industry as a whole.”

Adds Robert Galli, Chief Executive Officer of Emissive Energy. “Others have tried, unsuccessfully, to produce a watch-light combination and – as manufacturers of innovative lighting technology – it’s hard for us to get impressed. But with Night Vision, we all just said ‘wow.’ This truly is the Victorinox Swiss Army knife of watches. It is 100% practical and it makes sense that Victorinox Swiss Army is producing it.”

Additional features include: Swiss quartz movement; stainless steel case, shatter-resistant hardened mineral crystal; date calendar; and Super-LumiNova® hands and markers.  Night Vision is water resistant to 30 meters, and is designed with dual compartment construction that separates the quartz movement from the lighting component, allowing for easy battery service.

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