Radium dials and hands - remove, restore and relume? Advice …
2024年3月11日 · If you’re nervous, sell the watch and buy a non-luminous one (many of these were non-luminous). It prevents irreversible damage to the watch and will give you more peace of mind, given radium dust may remain on the dial. Re:radium health concerns, make your own decision. I personally only collect non-luminous watches. 7.
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2021年1月14日 · One study by the Public Health Service many years ago found that a person who wears a radium watch for 24 hours a day over the course of a year could conceivably be exposed to 65 to 130 millirems of radiation. By way of comparison, the average person is exposed to about 300 millirems of background radiation in a typical year, and a single chest ...
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2020年7月7日 · Tritium’s MUCH shorter 1/2 life just means it is also degrading relatively quickly. Radium has a 1,600 year half-life, so that 1920 watch with the radium dial is virtually as radioactive as the day it was made. Super-luminova is superior, IMHO, at …
Warning: Do not store vintage watches with radium lume in an air …
2020年8月5日 · He said, very simply, if there’s a concern when opening a box that was well-sealed and contained a radium watch, and you’re concerned about the radon, open it under an exhaust fan, or open it near a window, and leave the room for a while. I would be much more concerned about the radon levels in your basement. 8. Posts.
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2024年1月6日 · These are all relevant to Swiss watches, BTW, Japanese watches did not use anything radioactive AFAIK. Ultimately, a Geiger counter reading will tell the difference. Radium dials vary a lot in their emission, but they're always well above background, by a minimum of 5x-10x if you hold the sensor close to the crystal (and sometimes much more!).
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2018年12月18日 · Sources online say the T’s were added to the dials around 1965. Omega phased out radium around 62 in favour of tritium due to safety issues. However, they were not bound by law to use Ts to signify that tritium was the energy source used until around mid 64. Therefore, some dials between 62-64 used tritium but had no T's.
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2021年10月11日 · I do agree that radium dialed watches should be stored separately from non-radium watches and in a well ventilated non-living space to avoid any possible buildup of radon gas. And don't ever attempt do-it-yourself service on a watch with a radium dial -- leave it to a watchmaker who has the relevant experience, tools and safety equipment to do ...
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2020年7月1日 · Hello Everyone, I am absolutely new to this forum. I recently bought one Omega Seamaster 1960 Manual wind watch Ref. 14389-1, Cal. 268. Honest confession, this is my first vintage watch, so was not aware that Omega used Radium Lume up until 1961. I got to know this after I purchased the watch, upon contacting the seller I was told that the ...
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2013年8月23日 · Radium can be dangerous, but more for the watchmaker than for the person wearing the watch. I am very careful when working on a watch that still has radium paint on the hands or dial. For the most part, the movement and case will block the radiation, and the crystal will also, so generally speaking they are safe to wear.
165.014 dagger dial restoration - radium removal!
Omegaboy1990. · Sep 17, 2024. Hi Folks, Looking for some guidance. This will be a controversial topic for some of you but I managed to grab the below 300 for a steal. The plan is to remove the radium from the dial and hands and have it relumed. I have a professional who is happy to do this in a safe environment and safely dispose of the radium.