Only a couple manufactures are still using tritium

Dec 21, 2019,23:41 PM
 

As it requires a special license and has to be in a sealed tube it's considered impractical for general use.

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 By: bchankai : December 21st, 2019-23:33
After recently perusing online pictures of the first Monaco reissue from the late 90’s, I’ve noticed that the vast majority of them have a notable absence of patina that I would expect with tritium lume. I have not, however, seen any watches without the “... 

Only a couple manufactures are still using tritium

 
 By: mpg13 : December 21st, 2019-23:41
As it requires a special license and has to be in a sealed tube it's considered impractical for general use.

It was the begining of the 90's that tritium was discontinued

 
 By: mpg13 : December 21st, 2019-23:59
It's possible that a change happened mid production on a particular watch. Maybe someone else has a better answer for the watch in question.