Baron - Mr Red
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Hard to be definitive, but...,
I think your estimates are about correct. I took the decision that I wanted no exposure at all, so sold all my Radium watches. They varied from 0.3 up to 250. I think your guidelines are not unreasonable.
Regarding the lack of glow.... be aware that this may have nothing at all to do with the existing level of radiation as the glow comes from an agitant that reacts with the emission. Once the agitant degrades the radiation emission stops glowing.... it may still be very radioactive.
From my perspective, any reading is a worry. A reading over 5 is unhealthy for sure.
Rolex Explorer 1 - reference 6610
One that I let leave my collection because of its high radioactivity level.....but oh boy what a beautiful watch. ...
Wow and Wow...
So incredibly good looking and dangerous at the same time! Like a fine woman, really...
Radio acivity
Hi Baron Did you measure the radioactivity and what was the reading close-up please? I have a couple of watches I do not wear because one registers greater than10.0 µSv/hour and the other at 1.25 µSV/hour. I cannot find an answer whether these are really ...
Chippyfly.....
I have done a lot of work on this issue before. I attach two previous posts on the subject..... www.watchprosite.com www.watchprosite.com On the 6610 Explorer 1, the radiation reading was 170 microsieverts per hour. That is materially abov...
Baron . . .
Thank you. I have read all the articles, which are great but what was generally missing was the answer to the question: Can one wear such a radioactive watch safely and if so for how long?! I previously came to the conclusion that up to 0.3 µSv/hr was gen...
Hard to be definitive, but...,
I think your estimates are about correct. I took the decision that I wanted no exposure at all, so sold all my Radium watches. They varied from 0.3 up to 250. I think your guidelines are not unreasonable. Regarding the lack of glow.... be aware that this ...
I remember this piece..
Really beautiful one. And if I'm not mistaken it's also a full set ? Sam