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Radium dials - share your thoughts
Just curious to hear other members' take about Radium dials. Unlike tritium dials which can be charming and relatively sought after, looking at vintage watches even from the 50s will often result in radium dials. I have a good basic understanding of radiation (even have a geiger counter at home but no radon detector yet!) but curious to hear about more experienced collectors about storage, etc... Thanks in advance!
Radium dials - share your thoughts
Just curious to hear other members' take about Radium dials. Unlike tritium dials which can be charming and relatively sought after, looking at vintage watches even from the 50s will often result in radium dials. I have a good basic understanding of radia...
I have a friend who refuses to buy radium dial watches.
I've bought some though. As a matter of fact, I have an Omega from the 40's which is absolutely mint. The dial is flawless and I don't know how it stayed that way. I've been doing watches for 40+ years and know how to tell the difference between original ...
I'm not a watchmaker or a radiation physicist but have had connections to both things for most of my life. If there was a vintage radium dialed watch I wanted the small amount of radium
in it wouldn't stop me from buying it or wearing it occasionally. Having an old watch like that to wear occasionally is a massively different amount of risk compared to twirling a radium soaked brush with your tongue and lips. Most people frequently get s...
I have watches that set off the alarms at Heathrow airport.
I don't think there is any big concern over civilian watches from the 1950s. The radiation levels are pretty insignificant. I have a few 1930s-1940s military aircraft navigation watches like the B-Uhren that I sometime keep for long periods at home in my ...
