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Yelang V1021 H3 Tritium Luminous Watch Review

This is the best-selling watch on Yelang’s official website, it is a military-watch with quartz movement, few people know Yelang because it is a very young brand created in China, especially their website, which was just launched on Aliexpress in March in 2023. However, in a short period, Yelang has obtained a lot fans, compared with most homage watches I reveiwed on my blog, Yelang watches are not cheap but are sold very well on aliexpress, it seems like the military-style watches that have a strong case design are more popular. Today, I want to show you a good quality Yelang watch which I just received, it has a reference of V1021, this is a big military watch and come with one extra rubber band.

The watch comes in a box that looks a little yellow, on the front, you can see Yelang lettering and brand logo, on one side of the paper box, we can see letters of “H3 Tritium luminous watch”, which indicate the lume system used on the watch. Open the box, we can see the watch laying inside and a brief introduction about the brand on the box. The box is ok and can give enough protection for the watch, but it seems like no Chinese watches are willing to use a wooden box, if I create a watch brand in future, I will consider a more high-end wooden box.

The watch is made with solid 316L stainless steel , it is heavy and has a weight of more than 172 grams. The case is strongly made with a diameter of 42mm, its thickness is measured to be 11.5mm, not sure why it is said to be 14.6mm on the website of Yelang. Such type of case just meets current large watch trend and is not too thick, which is more comfortable for everyday wearing. We can see the streamlined polishing finish on the edge of the case, which forms a high contrast with the brushed finish on the case. The beveled round bezel stands a little high above the case base and has a brushing like the case. Well, every part on the case looks large, including the big case, fat bezel and big onion-shaped crown, these are actually essential elements for a military-style watch.

Yelang offers other dial colors for this watch, but I like the blue one most. The most outstanding place on the dial is it uses a different lume system named H3 Tritium. On the dial, we can clearly see the H3 Tritium tube set on each hour marker, no need to absorb light, these markers will emit a strong lume light in the dark conditions. The central hour hand and minute hand are also set with two lume tubes. Please check the dial lume picture below, the blue lume light emitting from the hour markers and hands is strong, and will be more long lasting. By the way, I do not like the logo on the dial, the head of the wolf is ok, but the wings look weird, I think a feral wolf is more suitable to be used as a logo for this watch if Yelang decides to be a military-themed watch brand in future.

The watch is powered by a quartz movement, Yelang claims it is Swiss 715LI-HH6 quartz, never heard of it, not sure how long will it last, maybe two or three years. The stainless steel band looks good on the watch, with the press button, you can easily open the clasp. This watch also comes with one extra black rubber band, but there is no Yelang logo on the buckle of the rubber band.

My advice:

This Yelang is one of the few military-style watches that use H3 Tritium lume system, if you want to try a new wearing experience, then this Yelang watch is very suitable for military watch fans. Robust designed case, strong dial lume and 100m water resistance, I think some will be crazy about it.

Yelang V1019 Tritium Military Watch Review

Seeing from the name, Yelang is a homegrown Chinese brand, I do not know there is such a military watch brand in China, but it indeed surprised me with its solid quality and unique Tritium lume. Yelang is not young now, but I do not know too much about it, I only know this is a military watch from China, which is developed with the cooperation of DB and HOJUT, I heard that their production line is in Hong Kong, not sure whether this is true or not, because many Chinese watch brands are good at making up stories like this. Anyway, I like military watch, this Yelang watch looks so unique and has a strong quality that gives me a reliable feeling. Yelang is also one of the few military watches in China that uses Tritume lume system.

The Yelang V1019 has a big case, which is too large for many men, it measures 43.5mm in diameter and 13.8mm in thickness, the case is fully made with solid stainless steel, with stainless steel bracelet, the watch feels a little heavy. The watch looks rugged, I do not mean its quality is cheap, instead the watch has a top quality, it is the best military watch I have ever bought. I do not have a real military watches, even those diver’s models in my collection do not look as stong as this Yelang watch, its robust case with thick bezel markers, strong tritium lume dial and wide bracelet links, these are all necessary elements you can find on a solid quality military watch.

The dial is the main point, it is blue, with Swiss H3 T100 lume system, each bar-shaped hour marker is set up with a tritium tube, so are the hour hand and minute hand, this is the first Chinese watch I have seen with such a tritium tube lume, other diver’s watches I have all use luminous coating applied on the markers and hands. Such lume offered by the gas tube can last for a long time, about 25 years Yelang said, that’s a big advantage for a diver’s watch, I do not know why most diving models have abandoned this. The three-dimensional Yelang logo is positioned under 12 o’clock.

The case back is screw-down, together with the screw-in crown, both to ensure a 100m water resistance of the watch. There is a sapphire crystal on the center to display an automatic movement, which is NH36A, this movement is from Seiko in Japan, not a Swiss movement like Yelang claims on their website. However, the NH36A automatic movement has a high stability, it has a 21,600 BPH and 41-hour power reserve, now the accuracy of the watch is good, NH36A claims to be -20~+40 seconds per day, but currently only 12 seconds faster each day. By the way, Yelang sents me one extra black rubber band and a bracelet removal tool in the box.

Buying advice:

It is very wise for you to keep several diving-style watches in your collection. This Yelang watch is special because it uses a Tritium lume system that will give you another wearing experience. With a Japanese movement inside, the Yelang is a solid military watch. For people who love big and strong diver’s watch, this Yelang watch is a good choice, and the company has upgraded the watch with a Swiss SW220 movement, which guarantee the watch will accompany you for more than ten years.

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