Watchface illuminator

Nocturnal timekeeping can be of vital importance sometimes. Those of us unfortunate enough not to own a radioactive watch make do either with a bright backlight, or phosphorescent pigments which require a certain amount of light to 'charge them up'. Backlights are wonderful, but are often bright enough (mine is anyway) that they can be rather detrimental to one's night vision, and are also highly visible to anyone trying to hunt one down compared to small gently glowing strips on the watchface and hands.

In the winter I tend to wear long sleeves which cover the watch most of the time. This does not allow for proper 'charging' of the glowing pigment, which means that it doesn't tend to glow when I need it to. I therefore propose a small lid is installed over the watchface with an LED (of the flat type) installed under it. This will allow the watch to be charged up as and when needed without damaging low-light vision or giving away a position. It will also serve to protect the watch from scratches, and may also incorporate something useful on the top such as a compass. The lid should have a cut-out switch in the catch to avoid the light being turned on with the lid open, though an override might be useful when a torch is needed.

edit: //calm down on th 'sp.: xxx' annos until I've woken up.// will remain for posterity since I ironically only found one other mistake.