If you enjoy lume, and I mean really enjoy lume, and have a thing for unconventional dive watches, the new Linde Werdelin Oktopus Blue Sea might right up your alley. If you became acquainted with the watch world, particularly the world of high end independents, at a particular time, you?re probably familiar with the Linde Werdelin brand. They had an altogether too brief moment of viral popularity in the watch scene, before viral popularity was even a concept you could put a name on, and like so many other brands eventually faded away. They?ve been back at a smaller scale for some time now, with a focus on a handful of core models that speak to the very particular Linde Werdelin aesthetic they?ve been cultivating since the brand?s inception, and this new version of their Oktopus diver has a particularly cool hook, courtesy of a modern master of luminescent material. Let?s take a closer look. 
The first thing to know about the Oktopus Blue Sea is that it?s a limited edition collaboration with James Thompson of Black Badger. Black Badger is a modern jewelry and accessory design house, with a specialty in rings with a healthy application of a special long lasting luminescent material. Check out their Instagram account for a sense of what they?re up to – Thompson favors intricate designs with a psychedelic quality, and he has lent his talents to a variety of brands in recent years, MB&F, Sarpaneva, and Zenith (via Bamford) among them. His latest Badgerite lu...